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tiffannnnyyyyyy

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In a classic study of how inferences are processed in text comprehension, Kintsch (1974) presented one group of participants with two sentences that explicitly stated some fact.
 
  Another group received two sentences that
   only implied that fact. Kintsch was interested in how readily participants inferred the fact in question, and
   whether this inference became part of the text representation. He tested this by asking participants to verify
   sentences that included the target fact, either immediately after reading, or after a delay. His findings indicated
   that:
   a) Verification times were equally fast for implied and explicit facts, but only after a delay.
   b) Verification times were equally fast for implied and explicit facts, immediately and after a delay.
   c) Verification times were faster for explicitly presented facts than for implied facts, but only after a delay.
   d) Verification times were faster for explicitly presented facts than for implied facts, immediately and after a
   delay.

Question 2

Suppose a friend says, I'm so nervous about that big test tomorrow. In this sentence, the given information is
 
  a) that the speaker is nervous.
   a) that there's a test tomorrow.
   b) the fact that the test is going to be difficult.
   c) the implicit assumption that you will take turns in the conversation.



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Fayaz00962

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a




tiffannnnyyyyyy

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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