If,as Stanley Fish Argues,an Individual Reader Interprets a Text and Thereby

question 22

Multiple Choice

If,as Stanley fish argues,an individual reader interprets a text and thereby gives it meaning,then there are an infinite number of potential meanings for any given text.Why,then,do so many people interpret things in the same ways?

• A) People tend to look to a small number of critics to explain any particular piece of culture.
• B) People have very little imagination and do not like to focus too much on any given text.
• C) People who consume the same texts come from similar backgrounds and have similar interpretive frameworks.
• D) People passively absorb meanings from the media that lead them to see the world in the same ways.

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Definitions:

Random Variable

A numerical variable that reflects the outcomes of an unpredictable event.

Standard Normal Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, used in statistical analysis.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the numbers by the count of numbers.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly the mean; it is used to estimate the efficiency, accuracy, or precision of a sample-based estimate.