Mental-scanning experiments found

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4. Mental-scanning experiments found

A.a positive linear relationship between scanning time and distance on the image
B.a negative linear relationship between scanning time and distance on the image
C.a constant scanning time for all locations on an image
D.that imagery does not represent spatial relations in the same way perceptual information does

5. Imagery neurons respond to
A.all visual images
B.only visual images in a specific category
C.visual images as well as objects in a specific category
D.all objects

6. Language consists of smaller components, like words that can be combined to form larger ones, like phrases, to create sentences, which themselves can be components of a larger story. This property is known as
A.hierarchical structure
B.relational organization
C.parallel organization
D.propositional representation

7. B F. Skinner, the modern champion of behaviorism, proposed that language is learned through
A.parsing
B.genetic coding
C.syntactic framing
D.reinforcement

8. Ron is an avid reader. He has a large vocabulary because every time he comes across a word he doesn't know, he looks it up in the dictionary. Ron encounters "wanderlust" in a novel, reaches for the dictionary, and finds out this word means "desire to travel," The process of looking up unfamiliar words increases Ron's
A.lexicon
B.parser
C.syntactical capacity
D.mental set

9. Which of the following is the best example of a garden path sentence?
A.Before the police stopped the Toyota disappeared into the night
B.The man was not surprised when he found other roaches, spiders, and other bugs in the corner of the room
C.The cats went bake
D.The Eskimos were frightened by the walrus

10. Boxing champion George Foreman recently described his family vacations with the statement, "At our ranch in Marshall, Texas, there are lots of ponds and I take the kids out and we fish. And then of course, we grill them." That a reader understands "them" appropriately (George grills fish and not kids) is a result of a(n)____ inference

A.narrative
B.instrument
C.analogic
D.anaphoric

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