Jess memorized a list of words. One week later, he was asked to write as many of the words as he could remember, but he could remember only a few of the words. Then Jess was asked to fill in the missing letters of word fragments. Some of the words on this task were from the list he had been asked to memorize a week ago, and some were not. Jess filled in the blanks of the words he had seen a week ago faster and more accurately, compared to words that had not been on the list. This study demonstrates the effect of

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Priming is a phenomenon where exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus, in this case, Jess's previous exposure to the words helped him recall them faster and more accurately.

Jess Memorized a List of Words