Leslie Is Participating in an Experiment in Which She Presses

question 13

Multiple Choice

Leslie is participating in an experiment in which she presses the spacebar on a computer keyboard in order to see one word of a sentence at a time. Her reaction time to process each individual word is measured. This procedure is an example of a

• A) self-paced reading task.
• B) off-line language processing task.
• C) lexical masking task.
• D) syntactic processing task.

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Definitions:

Independent Events

Two or more events in probability theory where the occurrence of one event does not influence the occurrence of another.

Urns

Containers, often with a narrow neck and a rounded body, traditionally used for storing ashes of the deceased, but can also refer to a decorative or functional vessel.

Sample Points

Individual items or cases from a larger population used in a statistical sample for analysis.

Sample Space

The set of all possible outcomes or results in a probability experiment.