When Readers Use the Direct-Access Route to Recognizing Written Words

question 16

Multiple Choice

When readers use the direct-access route to recognizing written words,

• A) they learn to distinguish between a letter's distinctive features and its characteristic sound.
• B) they translate the visual stimuli into sound before locating a word's meaning.
• C) they recognize each word's syntactic function before they recognize its meaning.
• D) they recognize a word from the visual stimulus without having to translate first into sound.

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Definitions:

Fetishism

A sexual fixation on a nonliving object or a body part not typically associated with sexual arousal.

Masturbating

The act of sexually stimulating oneself, typically to the point of orgasm, as a form of sexual pleasure.

Afferent Fibres

Nerve fibers that carry sensory information from the body's periphery towards the central nervous system.

Autonomic Fibres

Nerve fibers that are part of the autonomic nervous system, responsible for regulating involuntary body functions such as heart rate and digestion.