Consider a psychology experiment where someone is asked to say,as rapidly as possible,whether a sentence appearing on a computer screen is true or false.Research has shown that people will be faster to say that it is true that a sandal is a shoe than to say that it is true that a sandal is a piece of clothing.Which model of human memory could easily account for this finding?
A) levels of processing model
B) modal memory model
C) prototype model
D) spreading activation model

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The spreading activation model proposes that when one piece of information is activated in memory, it spreads and activates related information. In this case, the concept of "shoe" is more strongly associated with "sandal" than "piece of clothing," so when the word "sandal" appears on the screen, the concept of "shoe" is more quickly and easily activated, leading to faster response times when asked if the statement is true or false.

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