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The hypothesis that the administration of a questionnaire sensitizes a respondent to relevant issues and concepts was examined. Ss presented with information in the form of a questionnaire were found to have lower word-recognition thresholds to related concepts than did Ss who had been presented with the same information in statement form, thus supporting the hypothesis.
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Nosanchuk, T.A., Hare, R.D. Word-recognition threshold as a function of pretest sensitization. Psychon Sci 6, 51–52 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327952
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