According to the authors of your text, priming is an automatic and nonconscious process. When you watch TV and movies, you are often exposed to examples of advertisers attempting to prime you to buy their products
Give a recent example and be sure to include in your answer how it represents priming.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: (Student can give any answer that describes an actor drinking a brand of soda, water, beer, etc. On the table or behind actors there are also often products.) The answer should include how the example is priming; that is increasing the accessibility of a schema, trait, or concept.
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