If someone walked up to you and said, "Milk," and then asked you to quickly name an animal, you would likely say, "cow." This illustrates the concept of ______________

A) priming
B) categorization
C) sentence verification
D) linguistic relativity


Answer: A
Rationale: Priming is the activation of individual concepts in long-term memory by exposure to a particular stimulus. In this example, the word milk would cause you to think of a cow when asked to name an animal.

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