Experienced Readers Identify Familiar Words Almost Automatically, and Have Difficulty

question 124

Multiple Choice

Experienced readers identify familiar words almost automatically, and have difficulty when they try to avoid reading words as words. This is seen in

• A) the Stroop effect.
• B) cognitive dissonance.
• C) the von Restorff effect.
• D) the M'Naghten rule.

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Definitions:

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from mental disorders, primarily severe depression.

Personal Control

Our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless.

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the state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.

Therapeutic Alliance

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