Silas participated in a psychology experiment in which he was shown a series of word pairs and was asked to rate them on the basis of how well they fit together.Two days later,he was shown the same pairs of words,but this time,one of the words in the pair was missing.Nevertheless,Silas recalls almost all the missing words even though he was not asked to remember them.The type of study that he participated in was most likely interested in the effects of ____.

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The experiment involved showing Silas word pairs and then presenting him with one word from each pair later on. This is known as a priming task, as it tests the effect of the initial exposure of the word pairs on subsequent memory retrieval. Silas's ability to recall the missing words suggests that he was primed by the earlier exposure and it affected his later recall. Therefore, the study is most likely interested in the effects of priming.

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