Which of the Following Statements Is NOT Consistent with the Idea

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT consistent with the idea that background knowledge and context influence sentence parsing?

• A)People generally parse ambiguous sentences in ways that are consistent with what they know to be true or common in the world.
• B)People are often momentarily confused when a sentence conflicts with their stereotypes (e.g. ,the stereotype that secretaries are generally female).
• C)People cannot comprehend a garden-path sentence once they have been led astray because of the inherent ambiguity in the sentence.
• D)People are less likely to be confused about the interpretation of an ambiguous sentence if there is a picture present to guide their understanding.

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points in a population, quantifying how much the data points differ from the population mean.

Simple Random Sampling

A sampling method in which each member of a population has an equal chance of being selected.

Subset

A part of a larger set of data, where the elements of the subset are also contained within the larger set.