A Participant Is Unconsciously Primed with a Smiling Face

Multiple Choice

A participant is unconsciously primed with a smiling face. The experiment comes back into the room and exclaims, "Hey!" with an ambiguous tone. The participant evaluates it as a friendly exclamation. This is best described as an example of which of the following?

A) Assimilation effect
B) Contrast effect
C) Stimulus ambiguity
D) Self-protective motivations