If someone walked up to you and said, "Milk," and then asked you to quickly name an animal, you would likely say, "cow." This illustrates the concept of ______________.
A) priming
B) categorization
C) sentence verification
D) linguistic relativity

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This scenario describes a process called priming, where exposure to one stimulus (the word "milk") influences a person's response to a subsequent stimulus (naming an animal). In this case, hearing "milk" primes the person to think of a cow as the most associated animal.

If Someone Walked Up to You and Said, "Milk," and Then