Professor Giles asks his students to write down the first word that come to mind when they see the word fish.Bob writes down sea,James writes down chips,and Angela writes down net.According to the spreading activation theory,this result ___.
A)is made possible by the connections from the amygdala to the hippocampus
B)indicates that Professor Giles has not taught the student the correct response
C)is highly unusual because such different answers would not likely be stimulated by the same probe
D)makes sense because personal experiences determine how people organize general knowledge

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According to the spreading activation theory, personal experiences shape how people organize general knowledge, which explains why different people may have different associations with the same word. Therefore, it makes sense that Bob, James, and Angela had different associations with the word "fish." Option A is incorrect because the amygdala and hippocampus are not directly related to semantic memory. Option B is a baseless assumption. Option C is incorrect because the spreading activation theory asserts that different answers can be prompted by the same probe.

Professor Giles Asks His Students to Write Down the First