On his way to work,Charlie sees a sign for an upcoming concert for the band Cake.Without even realizing it,the word cake has made Charlie think of baked sweets,which makes him think of getting a donut.This is an example of ______________.
A)classical categorization
B)priming
C)the linguistic relativity hypothesis
D)an availability heuristic

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This is an example of priming, where one stimulus (seeing the word "Cake") influences a person's response or thoughts towards a related stimulus (getting a donut). It is not classical categorization because Charlie is not categorizing anything, it is not the linguistic relativity hypothesis because it is not about how language shapes thought, and it is not an availability heuristic because Charlie is not relying on easily available information to make a decision.

On His Way to Work,Charlie Sees a Sign for an Upcoming