Amanda is shown the word doctor at the beginning of her psychology class. When she is asked to fill in the blank "nur____________" after class, she chooses the word nurse. This result is best explained by:
A) encoding failure
B) repetition priming
C) overlearning
D) retrieval failure

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Repetition priming occurs when exposure to a stimulus influences the response to a later stimulus. In this case, seeing the word "doctor" primed Amanda to think of related words like "nurse."

Amanda Is Shown the Word Doctor at the Beginning of Her