When tested in a laboratory study, Reese identified the statement, "Cows make milk" as true faster than she did the statement "Cows breathe air." What does this likely indicate about the relationship between categories in her semantic network?
A) Cows and breathing air are closer together than milk and breathing air.
B) Milk is a basic level category.
C) Cows and milk are closer together than cows and breathing air.
D) Animals that breathe is a basic level category.
Answer: C
Rationale: One way to research the relationships in a semantic network is to use the sentence-verification technique. Concepts and categories that are closer together on a semantic network should be easier to identify as being related, compared to those that are only indirectly related.
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