Deck 12: Comprehension

Question 1

People take longer to read the first sentence after a shift of topic. This is called the:

A)Vastness effect
B)Lexical effect
C)Semantic effect
D)Boundary effect
E)Search effect

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Consider the sentence: "It was the bird that ate the fruit." The antecedent is:

A)The fruit
B)Ate
C)The bird
D)It
E)That

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following represents our knowledge of routine actions and familiar repeated sequences?

A)Inferences
B)References
C)Codes
D)Scripts
E)Gates

Answer 3

D

Question 4

When we go beyond the literal meaning of the text we are making:

A)A disassociation
B)An inference
C)An association
D)A reference
E)An integration

Question 5

First, consider the word "house," then consider the words "building, rooms, bricks, stone, and wood." They are all possible:

A)Scripts for the word "house"
B)Schemas for the word "house"
C)Inferences for the word "building"
D)Schemas for the word "people"
E)Scripts for the word "living"

Question 6

Carrying out backward inferences to maintain a coherent representation of the text is called:

A)Circular resolution
B)Bounded resolution
C)Autonomy resolution
D)Dependent resolution
E)Anaphor resolution

Question 7

The more facts there are associated with a concept, the slower the retrieval of any one of those facts. This is known as the:

A)Stroop
B)Serial position
C)Fixative
D)Magnetism
E)Fan effect

Question 8

The type of grammar that emphasizes the roles played by what the words refer to in a sentence, and the relation between verbs and the words associated with them, is called:

A)Argot grammar
B)Kinship grammar
C)Transformational grammar
D)Case grammar
E)Phrase structure grammar

Question 9

Which type of coherence refers to consistency in where the events occur?

A)Referential
B)Causal
C)Spiritual
D)Temporal
E)Locational

Question 10

There is a "contract" between the writer and the reader, or participants in a conversation, to present new information so that it can easily be assimilated with what people already know. This is called the:

A)Just-cause contract
B)Back-door contract
C)Elimination contract
D)Grammar contract
E)Given-new contract

Question 11

The amount of information an anaphor contains is called its:

A)Bounded weight
B)Unbounded load
C)Informational load
D)Metaphoric expulsion
E)Literacy weight

Question 12

Consider the story: "Vlad drove to Memphis yesterday. The car kept overheating." Which of the following inferences do we make to maintain coherence?

A)Memphis was a far drive from where Vlad started
B)The car must be the one that Vlad drove to Memphis
C)Vlad is an excellent driver
D)The car just started overheating yesterday
E)Vlad was alone

Question 13

Words and phrases such as "later" or "two days later" tell the reader that there is a temporal discontinuity and a potential shift of topic. These words are called:

A)Construction indicators
B)Segmentation markers
C)Proportion symbols
D)Coherence signs
E)Common-store markers

Question 14

Spoken interchanges where the topic may change as it unfolds are called:

A)Discourse
B)A story
C)Reference
D)Conversation
E)Deliberation

Question 15

In which phase of processing in the construction-integration model are word meanings activated, propositions formed, and inferences made?

A)Bridging phase
B)Receptive phase
C)Elaborative phase
D)Referential phase
E)Construction phase

Question 16

What type of aphasia causes people to have difficulty in understanding the meaning of words, which impairs their ability to follow coherent text and conversation?

A)Anomia
B)Receptive aphasia
C)Congenital aphasia
D)Cortical aphasia
E)Grammatical aphasia

Question 17

An important part of comprehension involves working out what things refer to; this is called:

A)Discourse
B)Antecedent
C)Fixation
D)Anaphor
E)Reference

Question 18

Comprehenders must work out what anaphors refer to - what their antecedents are. This process is called:

A)Construction
B)Vacillation
C)Resolution
D)Reference
E)Deliberation

Question 19

The spoken equivalent of text is known as:

A)A story
B)Conversation
C)Reflection
D)Discourse
E)Thought

Question 20

Which type of coherence refers to consistency in when events occur?

A)Referential
B)Causal
C)Temporal
D)Spiritual
E)Locational