You Are Running a Study Similar to Duffy Et Al

Multiple Choice

You are running a study similar to Duffy et al.'s 1988 experiment. You will present participants with the following sentence: The advisory _______ met once per week. The blank will be filled with either cabinet or group. Which word will take participants longer to read, and why?

A) Group, because it is a more commonly used word than cabinet in the English language
B) Cabinet, because it is the more often used and dominant term for a collection of people
C) Group, because it is an unambiguous word for a collection of people
D) Cabinet, because it is the less frequently used and subordinate term for a collection of people