Good Readers and Poor Readers Are Asked to Read the Sentence

question 173

Multiple Choice

Good readers and poor readers are asked to read the sentence "He dug with the spade" and then asked if the sentence included anything related to "ace." The __________ readers promptly said no, presumably because they __________.

• A) poor...unable to grasp multiple meanings of words
• B) poor...read too slowly to understand alternative meanings of words
• C) good...read too fast to understand alternative meanings of words
• D) good...more successfully suppressed the irrelevant meanings