Author Question: According to the idea of , when we read a sentence like, Carmelo grabbed his coat from his bedroom ... (Read 80 times)

pane00 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

According to the idea of , when we read a sentence like, Carmelo grabbed his coat from his bedroom and his backpack from the living room, walked downstairs, and called his friend Gerry, we create a simulation of Carmelo's apartment and keep track of his location as he moves throughout the apartment.

a. global connections
b. situation models
c. causal inference
d. speech continuity

Question 2

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.