Question 1

Perceptual span (for English)is about ________ characters to the left and ________ characters to the right.

Accepted Answer

A) 3;15 
B) 6;10 
C) 15;3 
D) 10;6 
A) 3;15 
B) 6;10 
C) 15;3 
D) 10;6

Question 2

Which of these describes the bottom-up processes in reading?

Accepted Answer

A) Reading is aided by expectations. 
B) Reading is aided by context. 
C) Reading is aided by other words. 
D) Reading requires analysis of the printed symbols. 
A) Reading is aided by expectations. 
B) Reading is aided by context. 
C) Reading is aided by other words. 
D) Reading requires analysis of the printed symbols.

Question 3

A study by Van Orden (1987)had participants perform a category verification task.Participants were presented with a category name a word with orthography similar to a category member,like robs.Participants tended to miscategorize items from ________ most frequently,supporting the ________ access view of word recognition.

Accepted Answer

A) condition one;direct 
B) condition three;direct 
C) condition two;indirect 
D) condition three;indirect 
A) condition one;direct 
B) condition three;direct 
C) condition two;indirect 
D) condition three;indirect

Question 4

Word-skipping data indicate that

Accepted Answer

A) low-frequency words are more likely to be skipped than are high-frequency words. 
B) word length is the best predictor of whether or not a word will be skipped. 
C) highly constrained words are less likely to be skipped. 
D) content words are more likely to be skipped than are function words. 
A) low-frequency words are more likely to be skipped than are high-frequency words. 
B) word length is the best predictor of whether or not a word will be skipped. 
C) highly constrained words are less likely to be skipped. 
D) content words are more likely to be skipped than are function words.

Question 5

"Greg had such a bad night out at the bar that he decided to buy a new cue stick." The inference that Greg had a bad night because he shot billiards poorly is a ________.This inferred fact ________ represented as prominently as if it had actually been presented.

Accepted Answer

A) a bridging inference;would not be 
B) an elaborative inference;would not be 
C) a bridging inference;would be 
D) an elaborative inference;would be 
A) a bridging inference;would not be 
B) an elaborative inference;would not be 
C) a bridging inference;would be 
D) an elaborative inference;would be

Question 6

The concept of a ________ comes from Bartlett's classic research on story recall.

Accepted Answer

A) story grammar 
B) proposition 
C) script 
D) schema 
A) story grammar 
B) proposition 
C) script 
D) schema

Question 7

Which of these is not an assumption of the construction-integration model of text comprehension?

Accepted Answer

A) We encode ideas from texts as propositions. 
B) Ideas from a text,once encoded,are organized hierarchically. 
C) We use working memory to construct the text representation. 
D) The more propositions in a text,the more easily we comprehend it. 
A) We encode ideas from texts as propositions. 
B) Ideas from a text,once encoded,are organized hierarchically. 
C) We use working memory to construct the text representation. 
D) The more propositions in a text,the more easily we comprehend it.

Question 8

Global structure refers to ________,while local structure refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the degree of connection between individual ideas in a passage of prose;the general knowledge we bring to bear on what we're comprehending. 
B) the general knowledge we bring to bear on what we're comprehending;the degree of connection between individual ideas in a passage of prose. 
C) coherence;anaphoric reference. 
D) anaphoric reference;coherence. 
A) the degree of connection between individual ideas in a passage of prose;the general knowledge we bring to bear on what we're comprehending. 
B) the general knowledge we bring to bear on what we're comprehending;the degree of connection between individual ideas in a passage of prose. 
C) coherence;anaphoric reference. 
D) anaphoric reference;coherence.

Question 9

What is parsing?

Accepted Answer

A) The process of accessing word meaning 
B) The process of converting syntax into semantics 
C) The process of identifying the component elements of a sentence 
D) The process of mapping the look of a word onto the sound of a word 
A) The process of accessing word meaning 
B) The process of converting syntax into semantics 
C) The process of identifying the component elements of a sentence 
D) The process of mapping the look of a word onto the sound of a word

Question 10

All of the following statements are true of dyslexia except

Accepted Answer

A) it's typically something a child outgrows. 
B) it's characterized by poor spelling. 
C) it's a problem mapping orthography to the sounds of words. 
D) it's characterized by a lack of phonological awareness. 
A) it's typically something a child outgrows. 
B) it's characterized by poor spelling. 
C) it's a problem mapping orthography to the sounds of words. 
D) it's characterized by a lack of phonological awareness.

Perceptual span (for English)is about characters to the left and characters to the right.

Which of these describes the bottom-up processes in reading?

Word-skipping data indicate that

"Greg had such a bad night out at the bar that he decided to buy a new cue stick." The inference that Greg had a bad night because he shot billiards poorly is a .This inferred fact represented as prominently as if it had actually been presented.

The concept of a ________ comes from Bartlett's classic research on story recall.

Which of these is not an assumption of the construction-integration model of text comprehension?

Global structure refers to ________,while local structure refers to

What is parsing?

All of the following statements are true of dyslexia except

Cognition As the Study of Information Processing

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Immediate Memory

Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Basic Issues in Languageand Speech Processing

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

Filters

Exam 10: Reading and Comprehending Text

Perceptual span (for English)is about ________ characters to the left and ________ characters to the right.

Which of these describes the bottom-up processes in reading?

Word-skipping data indicate that

"Greg had such a bad night out at the bar that he decided to buy a new cue stick." The inference that Greg had a bad night because he shot billiards poorly is a ________.This inferred fact ________ represented as prominently as if it had actually been presented.

The concept of a ________ comes from Bartlett's classic research on story recall.

Which of these is not an assumption of the construction-integration model of text comprehension?

Global structure refers to ________,while local structure refers to

What is parsing?

All of the following statements are true of dyslexia except

Cognition As the Study of Information Processing

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Immediate Memory

Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Basic Issues in Languageand Speech Processing

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

Filters

Perceptual span (for English)is about characters to the left and characters to the right.

"Greg had such a bad night out at the bar that he decided to buy a new cue stick." The inference that Greg had a bad night because he shot billiards poorly is a .This inferred fact represented as prominently as if it had actually been presented.