Daneman and Carpenter (1980) Found That Students with Better Performance

question 12

Multiple Choice

Daneman and Carpenter (1980) found that students with better performance on the reading span task:

• A) had more trouble comprehending anaphoric pronouns
• B) had better verbal SAT scores
• C) were better at a simple span task
• D) were slower readers

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