Question

In support of late selection models, Donald MacKay showed that the presentation of a biasing word on the unattended ear influenced participants' processing of ____ when they were ____ of that word.

a. letter pairs; aware
b. letter pairs; unaware
c. ambiguous sentences; aware
d. ambiguous sentences; unaware

Answer 1

The correct option is D: Ambiguous sentences; unaware

Step-by-step explanation:

Donald MacKay conducted a study in which his participants were made to attend to ambiguous sentences and at the same time were being presented with certain priming words or biasing words on the unattended ears. It was clearly seen from the results of this study that the meaning of the priming words affect the way that the participants understood the messages, despite the participants being unaware of that word.