Three of the Following Adolescents Are Using Metacognitive Strategies That

question 31

Multiple Choice

Three of the following adolescents are using metacognitive strategies that should enhance their reading comprehension. Which one is not necessarily using a metacognitive strategy that might improve his or her comprehension?

• A) Before he begins reading a chapter in his geography textbook, Darren looks at the headings to get a sense of how the chapter is organized.
• B) Keiko occasionally rereads a paragraph when she doesn't understand it the first time.
• C) Josie prefers to read out loud so she can hear what the words sound like.
• D) As Pablo reads his science textbook, he tries to think of new examples of the concepts he's reading about.

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Definitions:

Uncontrollable

Refers to events or processes that cannot be easily managed or influenced by individuals.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that leads individuals to attribute their successes to internal factors while blaming external factors for their failures.

Differential Forgetting

Refers to the phenomenon that different types of information are forgotten at different rates, often influenced by the relevance, emotional impact, and repetition of the information.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behavior.