What Is the Repeated Name Penalty

question 56

Multiple Choice

What is the repeated name penalty?

• A)slower reading times for names of characters that repeat (e.g.,Tom Tom)
• B)poorer memory for names that are repeated in a text
• C)disrupted cognition when a person's name is repeated by a different character
• D)slower reading times of a sentence that repeats the name of a character

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