According to a study discussed in your textbook, participants performing a lexical decision task were able to identify strings of letters such as "nutcracker" and "reindeer" as being real words faster in December than other times of the year. This indicates that the holiday season creates a ____________ effect for related certain words.
A) sentence verification
B) linguistic relativity
C) priming
D) categorization

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The faster identification of strings of letters related to the holiday season indicates a priming effect, where exposure to holiday-related stimuli (such as decorations, music, etc.) primes individuals to recognize and process related words more quickly.

According to a Study Discussed in Your Textbook, Participants Performing