What Is Meant by the Word-Superiority Effect

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Multiple Choice

What is meant by the word-superiority effect?

• A) It is easier for most people to learn to read if they start by the whole-word method.
• B) It is easier to remember what one has seen if one can describe it in a single word.
• C) Once a child has learned to speak a few words, the child develops other intellectual skills at an increased rate.
• D) It is easier to identify a letter when it is part of a word than when it is presented by itself.

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Definitions:

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