Multiple Choice
Christianson and colleagues (2001) presented participants with sentences such as While Anna dressed the baby played in the crib and found that many participants:
A) misinterpreted the sentences initially then corrected themselves
B) never actually comprehended the sentences accurately
C) used a variety of parsing strategies
D) tended to err when the sentences were long or used infrequent words
Correct Answer:

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