Question 1

Anderson and Pichert found that asking people to shift perspectives increased

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A) comprehension. 
B) reading time. 
C) false recognitions. 
D) retrieval. 
A) comprehension. 
B) reading time. 
C) false recognitions. 
D) retrieval. D

Question 2

Trabasso and Sperry (1985) found that, when subjects rated the importance of events in stories, the judged importance of an action was directly related to

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A) its position in the paragraph. 
B) the number of explicit references to it in the passage. 
C) the importance of the character in the story who committed the action. 
D) the number of causal connections associated with the action. 
A) its position in the paragraph. 
B) the number of explicit references to it in the passage. 
C) the importance of the character in the story who committed the action. 
D) the number of causal connections associated with the action. D

Question 3

People's inability to recall the abstract, unfamiliar statements in Bransford and Johnson's experiment illustrated the important role of prior knowledge in

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A) comprehension. 
B) causing recall of false information. 
C) predicting readability. 
D) providing a retrieval plan. 
A) comprehension. 
B) causing recall of false information. 
C) predicting readability. 
D) providing a retrieval plan. A

Question 4

When Lesgold inserted two irrelevant sentences (about a bee in the car) into a text, it took longer to comprehend the final sentence because it

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A) could no longer be related. 
B) required an inference to be related. 
C) required a reinstatement search to be related. 
D) required expert knowledge to be related. 
A) could no longer be related. 
B) required an inference to be related. 
C) required a reinstatement search to be related. 
D) required expert knowledge to be related.

Question 5

A reader's prior knowledge can determine the ease of making inferences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Britton applied Kintsch's model to improve the readability of an article on the Air War in North Vietnam by reducing

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A) the number of sentences. 
B) the length of sentences. 
C) the number of reinstatement searches. 
D) the number of inferences. 
A) the number of sentences. 
B) the length of sentences. 
C) the number of reinstatement searches. 
D) the number of inferences.

Question 7

Prior knowledge plays a minimal role in text comprehension.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A study on readers' goals found that in contrast to readers who were told they were reading an article of general interest, readers who were told that they were studying for an essay exam made more

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A) inferences. 
B) evaluative statements. 
C) Both inferences and evaluative statements 
D) Neither inferences nor evaluative statements. 
A) inferences. 
B) evaluative statements. 
C) Both inferences and evaluative statements 
D) Neither inferences nor evaluative statements.

Question 9

When people read a story that does not contain a statement of the goal until the end of the story

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A) they find the passage more memorable because it induces sudden insights about the solution to the mystery. 
B) they rate the passage as significantly more suspenseful. 
C) they recall significantly more details than those who were told the goal before given the reading passage. 
D) they recall significantly less of the story than if the goal was made clear from the beginning of the story. 
A) they find the passage more memorable because it induces sudden insights about the solution to the mystery. 
B) they rate the passage as significantly more suspenseful. 
C) they recall significantly more details than those who were told the goal before given the reading passage. 
D) they recall significantly less of the story than if the goal was made clear from the beginning of the story.

Question 10

Causal relations interfere with text comprehension.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Making inferences while reading a text facilitates speed of comprehension.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

One of the determinants of comprehension difficulty is whether the ideas in a sentence were given in a previous sentence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to Bower's findings which of the following should be least remembered after reading a story about going to a restaurant?

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A) the color of the menu 
B) eating the meal 
C) waiting to be seated 
D) leaving the tip 
A) the color of the menu 
B) eating the meal 
C) waiting to be seated 
D) leaving the tip

Question 14

What is a reinstatement search? How do such searches influence text comprehension? How does Kintsch incorporate them into his model?

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A reinstatement search is a cognitive pr

Question 15

Which of the following sequences should you use to create good comprehension of a narrative story?

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A) setting, plot, resolution 
B) setting, plot, resolution, theme 
C) setting, theme, plot, resolution 
D) all are equally good. 
A) setting, plot, resolution 
B) setting, plot, resolution, theme 
C) setting, theme, plot, resolution 
D) all are equally good.

Question 16

In the sentence "The playful cat perched alertly before pouncing on a grasshopper," the term the playful cat is an example of

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A) the need to perform a reinstatement search. 
B) a proposition. 
C) an inference. 
D) a verb phrase. 
A) the need to perform a reinstatement search. 
B) a proposition. 
C) an inference. 
D) a verb phrase.

Question 17

Causal connections in a text determine

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A) what people recall. 
B) what people would include in a summary. 
C) how quickly people can retrieve information. 
D) All these 
A) what people recall. 
B) what people would include in a summary. 
C) how quickly people can retrieve information. 
D) All these

Question 18

Describe and discuss Kintsch's model of comprehension. What support is there for the model?

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Kintsch's model of comprehension, also k

Question 19

According to Kintsch's model of comprehension, text can be represented as a semantic network consisting of

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A) individual words. 
B) meaning-based propositions. 
C) grammatical phrases. 
D) sentences. 
A) individual words. 
B) meaning-based propositions. 
C) grammatical phrases. 
D) sentences.

Question 20

How does prior knowledge facilitate comprehension? How does it hinder it? Provide concrete examples of both.

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Prior knowledge can facilitate comprehen

Anderson and Pichert found that asking people to shift perspectives increased

Trabasso and Sperry (1985) found that, when subjects rated the importance of events in stories, the judged importance of an action was directly related to

People's inability to recall the abstract, unfamiliar statements in Bransford and Johnson's experiment illustrated the important role of prior knowledge in

When Lesgold inserted two irrelevant sentences (about a bee in the car) into a text, it took longer to comprehend the final sentence because it

A reader's prior knowledge can determine the ease of making inferences.

Britton applied Kintsch's model to improve the readability of an article on the Air War in North Vietnam by reducing

Prior knowledge plays a minimal role in text comprehension.

A study on readers' goals found that in contrast to readers who were told they were reading an article of general interest, readers who were told that they were studying for an essay exam made more

When people read a story that does not contain a statement of the goal until the end of the story

Causal relations interfere with text comprehension.

Making inferences while reading a text facilitates speed of comprehension.

One of the determinants of comprehension difficulty is whether the ideas in a sentence were given in a previous sentence.

According to Bower's findings which of the following should be least remembered after reading a story about going to a restaurant?

What is a reinstatement search? How do such searches influence text comprehension? How does Kintsch incorporate them into his model?

Which of the following sequences should you use to create good comprehension of a narrative story?

In the sentence "The playful cat perched alertly before pouncing on a grasshopper," the term the playful cat is an example of

Causal connections in a text determine

Describe and discuss Kintsch's model of comprehension. What support is there for the model?

According to Kintsch's model of comprehension, text can be represented as a semantic network consisting of

How does prior knowledge facilitate comprehension? How does it hinder it? Provide concrete examples of both.

Introduction

Pattern Recognition

Attention

Short-Term Working Memory

Long-Term Memory

Memory Codes

Visual Images

Categorization

Semantic Organization

Language

Problem Solving

Expertise and Creativity

Decision Making

Filters

Exam 11: Comprehension and Memory for Text

Anderson and Pichert found that asking people to shift perspectives increased

Trabasso and Sperry (1985) found that, when subjects rated the importance of events in stories, the judged importance of an action was directly related to

People's inability to recall the abstract, unfamiliar statements in Bransford and Johnson's experiment illustrated the important role of prior knowledge in

When Lesgold inserted two irrelevant sentences (about a bee in the car) into a text, it took longer to comprehend the final sentence because it

A reader's prior knowledge can determine the ease of making inferences.

Britton applied Kintsch's model to improve the readability of an article on the Air War in North Vietnam by reducing

Prior knowledge plays a minimal role in text comprehension.

A study on readers' goals found that in contrast to readers who were told they were reading an article of general interest, readers who were told that they were studying for an essay exam made more

When people read a story that does not contain a statement of the goal until the end of the story

Causal relations interfere with text comprehension.

Making inferences while reading a text facilitates speed of comprehension.

One of the determinants of comprehension difficulty is whether the ideas in a sentence were given in a previous sentence.

According to Bower's findings which of the following should be least remembered after reading a story about going to a restaurant?

What is a reinstatement search? How do such searches influence text comprehension? How does Kintsch incorporate them into his model?

Which of the following sequences should you use to create good comprehension of a narrative story?

In the sentence "The playful cat perched alertly before pouncing on a grasshopper," the term the playful cat is an example of

Causal connections in a text determine

Describe and discuss Kintsch's model of comprehension. What support is there for the model?

According to Kintsch's model of comprehension, text can be represented as a semantic network consisting of

How does prior knowledge facilitate comprehension? How does it hinder it? Provide concrete examples of both.

Introduction

Pattern Recognition

Attention

Short-Term Working Memory

Long-Term Memory

Memory Codes

Visual Images

Categorization

Semantic Organization

Language

Problem Solving

Expertise and Creativity

Decision Making

Filters