Question

Participants in an experiment read over a list of words. A second unrelated task (a filler task) is then completed. For the final task, participants rate letter strings as words or non-words. The results indicate that participants in general were faster at identifying words from the first list. This facilitation in response to those items from the first task is an example of

Answer 1

Answer: Priming

Explanation: This is a case study of Priming. Priming is a phenomenon in psychology, which involves exposure or introduction to one stimulus influences how individuals respond to a subsequent stimulus.

However, there is no prior knowledge or intention about the subsequent stimulus. These stimuli are usually related in form of image or words.

Thus, priming had occur in the experiment conducted. There is facilitation or high speed of response to items priorly exposed to in the first task.