People Are Especially Likely to Draw Inferences During Reading

question 60

Multiple Choice

People are especially likely to draw inferences during reading

• A) when researchers examine backward inferences rather than forward inferences.
• B) when readers have a large working-memory capacity.
• C) when they learned to read according to the whole-word approach.
• D) when they read scientific texts.

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