Compared to Poor Readers, Good Readers Are More Likely to

question 190

Multiple Choice

Compared to poor readers, good readers are more likely to

• A) skip over ambiguous words.
• B) ignore previous context when trying to interpret ambiguous words.
• C) suppress irrelevant meanings once the meanings of ambiguous words become clear.
• D) activate several meanings when encountering an ambiguous word.

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Definitions:

Federal Trade Commission

A U.S. federal agency established in 1914 to promote consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices.

Legal Cartel Theory

A concept where a group of firms or entities legally agree to control production, pricing, or marketing of goods and services to dominate a market.

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production (fixed and variable costs combined) divided by the number of units produced, indicative of cost per unit.

Price-fixing

An illegal agreement among competitors to set prices at a certain level, rather than letting them be determined naturally by the market.