According to the Situation Model of Text Processing

question 19

Multiple Choice

According to the situation model of text processing,

• A) people create a mental representation of what the text is about in terms of information about phrases, sentences, and paragraphs.
• B) people create a mental representation of what the text is about in terms of people, objects, locations, and events.
• C) it will take longer to understand a story that involves a complex series of situations.
• D) people draw inferences about what is happening in a story by considering both local and global connections.

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Definitions:

Securities Exchange Act

A U.S. federal law enacted in 1934 to govern the trading of securities, such as stocks and bonds, in the secondary market, aiming to promote transparency, fairness, and integrity in the marketplaces.

SEC Rule 10b-5

A regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission that prohibits fraud and misrepresentation in securities trading.

Privity

A doctrine in contract law that holds that contracts are private agreements between the parties who have mutually consented to them, and thus, only those parties have the rights and liabilities under the contract.

Negligence

A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances, leading to harm or damage.