Suppose you are a participant in memory research. You are given a list of words to read, including the word "giraffe." Later, when given the word stem "gir--" you are most likely to complete the word as ________, due to the effect of ________.
A) girl; confabulation
B) giraffe; priming
C) giraffe; confabulation
D) girl; reconstruction

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Priming is a phenomenon in which exposure to a stimulus (in this case, the word "giraffe") can influence the processing of related stimuli (in this case, completing the word stem "gir--" with "giraffe"). Confabulation refers to the creation of false memories, while reconstruction refers to the process of filling in gaps in memories. Girl is not a likely completion of the word stem, as it is not semantically related to the given stimulus word. Therefore, the best answer is B, giraffe and priming.

Suppose You Are a Participant in Memory Research