A researcher had participants read each of the sentences below and measured how long it took the participants to read each sentence. Sentence 1: The dog ran past the car and into the house. Sentence...

A researcher had participants read each of the sentences below and measured how long it took the participants to read each sentence.

Sentence 1: The dog ran past the car and into the house.

Sentence 2: The iguana walked past the automobile and into the abode.

Participants’ response times were longest for Sentence ___ because of the ________ effect.

1. A) 1, word frequency             C) 2; word frequency


2. B) 1; word superiority            D) 2; word superiority