Cognitive Psychology 4th Edition by Bruce Goldstein

Exercise 4

Newspaper headlines are often good sources of ambiguous phrases. For example, consider the following actual headlines: "Milk Drinkers Are Turning To Powder," "Iraqi Head Seeks Arms," "Farm Bill Dies In House," and "Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim." See if you can find examples of ambiguous headlines in the newspaper, and try to figure out what it is that makes the headlines ambiguous.