Consider These Two Sentences

question 17

Multiple Choice

Consider these two sentences:
1. The lawyer who the judge addressed stood.
2. The lawyer who addressed the judge stood.
-Some researchers believe sentence 2 will be easier to read than sentence 1 because readers more frequently encounter the type of structure found in sentence 2. This expectation stresses the role of _______ in comprehension.

• A) memory
• B) morphology
• C) semantic similarity
• D) structural complexity

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Definitions:

Between-Subjects Design

A research paradigm in which different experimental participants participate in different experimental conditions.

Empiricist

A philosophical approach that emphasizes knowledge derived from sensory experience as the basis of understanding.

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Biologically Endowed

Having natural traits, abilities, or characteristics that are genetically inherited or determined.