Questions
1. Demonstrations like the one you just completed typically show semantic priming. What is semantic priming?
2. How might spreading activation actually increase speech errors and tip-of-the-tongue experiences? Would you expect speech errors and tip-of-the-tongue experiences to be more common with high-frequency words or with low-frequency words? Why?
3. Do you think semantic relatedness is the sole criterion that influences spreading activation? For example, would one noun be more likely to reduce the lexical decision time for another noun, or for an equally associated verb? Explain your reasoning.