In connection with semantic memory, the term spreading activation refers to
a. the tendency for prototype categories to spread beyond their intended boundaries.
b. the tendency for semantic memory to spread into episodic memory.
c. the proposal that, when a concept is mentioned, the activation expands to related concepts.
d. the spreading that occurs when episodic memory is temporarily linked with semantic memory.
Ans: c
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