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Six-year-old Terrance has been watching his favorite cartoon while his father prepares dinner. When the cartoon is over, Terrance asks his father for a new toy fire truck and for sugary cereal for breakfast tomorrow. A psychologist might say that Terrance asked for these things because of the ________ by the toy and cereal commercials he saw while watching the cartoon.

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The correct answer is "Priming".

Step-by-step explanation:

In behavior psychology, the concept of priming refers to process in which the presence of a stimulus elicits a response without connscious intention.

For example, in a puzzle such as wordsearch if someone finds the word Doctor is more probable that they recognize the word Nurse rather than the word Drink.

In this particular case, after watching the toy and cereal commercials Terrance asked his father for a new toy fire truck and for sugary cereal for breakfast.

A psychologist might say that Terrance asked for these things because of the priming.

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