Reading Entails Reconstructing the Author's Message and Doing Which of the Following

question 19

Multiple Choice

Reading entails reconstructing the author's message and doing which of the following?

• A) Encoding the printed symbols
• B) Concentrating on decoding and word meaning
• C) Constructing one's own meaning using print as stimulus
• D) Predicting meaning from surface features of print

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Definitions:

Internal Causes

Internal causes refer to factors within an individual, such as thoughts, emotions, and physical conditions, that influence their behavior or health.

External Causes

Factors or influences originating outside an individual that significantly affect behaviors, outcomes, or events.

Attribution

The process of explaining one's own behavior and the behavior of others by attributing causes to that behavior, whether internal dispositions or external situations.

Heider

refers to Fritz Heider, an Austrian psychologist recognized for his contributions to attribution theory in social psychology.