Mariola is playing a word association task. In the first half of the task, she is shown a picture and instructed to say the first word that comes to mind. In the second half of the task, she is shown the same set of pictures but must produce a word completely unrelated to the picture image. The spreading activation model would suggest which of the following about her performance?
A. She will be slower on the second task.
B. She will be slower on the first task.
C. Her responses will be the same as other people playing the same task.
D. Her responses will likely be the same if she repeats the task 10 years from now.
Answer: A
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A) a physical property of the stimulus. B) the observable response to the stimulus. C) a perceptual illusion that commonly occurs to visual stimuli. D) the subjective meaning of the stimulus.
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a. identical twins have the same genotype. b. if one twin dies, the other twin's development regresses. c. twins report that their family treated them alike. d. achievement of maturational milestones is more similar for monozygotic twins than for heterozygous twins.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.