If You Wanted to Enhance Children's and Adolescents' Ability to Understand

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to enhance children's and adolescents' ability to understand what other people say, you might use three of the following strategies. Which one would you be least likely to use?

A) Encourage them to listen closely to every word and to take other people's messages literally.
B) Present only small amounts of information at a time, especially when working with young children.
C) Assess children's understanding of messages by asking questions.
D) Show them how some kinds of messages (e.g., television commercials) are designed to persuade them to behave in certain ways.