Collins and Quillian's semantic network model predicts that the reaction time to verify "a canary is a bird" is _____ the reaction time to verify "an ostrich is a bird."
A) slower than
B) faster than
C) the same as

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According to Collins and Quillian's model, both "canary" and "ostrich" are associate with the concept "bird" at the same level in the hierarchy, so the reaction time to verify them as birds would be the same.

Collins and Quillian's Semantic Network Model Predicts That the Reaction