McKoon and Ratliff's (1980) study of spreading activation showed that the greatest degree of priming was between propositions:
A) close in the discourse structure
B) close in the surface structure
C) similar in verbatim representation
D) concurrently represented in a situational model

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McKoon and Ratliff's study found that the greatest degree of priming occurred between propositions that were close in the discourse structure, indicating that semantic relationships between propositions in a text played a significant role in priming effects. The priming effect was weaker for propositions that were similar in verbatim representation, suggesting that surface-level features of text were less important in spreading activation. The study did not specifically address concurrent representation in a situational model, so option D cannot be chosen.

McKoon and Ratliff's (1980) Study of Spreading Activation Showed That