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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Definitions:

Sympathetic Nervous System

The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy.

Sleepwalking

A sleep disorder causing people to get up and walk while remaining in a state of sleep, often with no memory of the activity.

N1 Sleep

The initial stage of sleep in the sleep cycle, characterized by light sleep where one can be easily awakened.

N2 Sleep

A stage of sleep characterized by the presence of sleep spindles and K-complexes, representing a deeper sleep phase than N1 and preceding the deeper N3 stage of non-REM sleep.