On your way to your psychology class, you pass a newsstand where a tabloid headline reads "Brazen Starlet Seduces Pop Star." When you get to class, your professor is doing a demonstration about memory and asks you to complete a series of word stems. Although most of your class completes the stem br____ with "bread" or "broke," you complete it as "brazen." You don't actually recall reading that word, and you're not sure why it popped into your mind. What does this example illustrate?

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This example illustrates implicit memory, which is the unconscious influence of prior experience on current behavior. The word "brazen" may have been unconsciously stored in your memory from briefly glancing at the tabloid headline.

On Your Way to Your Psychology Class, You Pass a Newsstand