Exam 10: Comprehension: Written and Spoken Language

If a person signals that he wants you to help him by saying "Boy,these bags are heavy," the intention to get you to help is called a(n)__________.

What is the name of the effect that shows that people typically start by studying information that is way too hard for them?

The broad term for the rules that govern our conversational interactions is __________.

Suppression ability is predictive of being a good versus poor reader.

An inference that draws a connection between stated concepts in a text is called __________.

What is the difference between a direct and a second-order theory?

What is it called when a person alters his or her situation model to account for new information?

Situation models capture the propositions conveyed by a text.

What are three online measures of language comprehension?

A __________ is a representation of the event described in a passage of text.

What are two of the Gricean maxims of conversation?

An eye tracker can be used in language comprehension research to __________.

Conceptual knowledge is important for comprehension because comprehension is about __________.

What are judgments of learning (JOLs)?

How can language comprehension research be extended to our understanding of other aspects of the world?

Your acceptance of the ideas conveyed to you while you are trying to comprehend language reflects your __________.

Which is NOT one of the four conversational maxims identified by Grice (1975)?

An inference that is intended by a speaker or writer is called __________.

Our speech is almost entirely driven by our direct and second-order theories.

__________ is a means of assessing comprehension online.