A participant reads a list of words in which the word "elephant" appears several times. Later, the participant tachistoscopically views another list of words. When the word "elephant" appears in the second list, the participant's response rate is faster than for other words not found on the previous list. This effect is called

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The effect described is repetition priming, where the previous presentation of a stimulus (in this case, the word "elephant") makes it easier and faster to process the same stimulus when it appears again later. The word-superiority effect refers to the phenomenon where people are faster and more accurate at identifying letters appearing in words compared to when they appear alone or in non-word configurations. The redundancy claim is not a recognized cognitive term. Working-memory availability refers to the amount of information currently stored and accessible in short-term memory.

A Participant Reads a List of Words in Which the Word