Javel discovered that, during reading, the eye does not sweep across the printed word but moves by:
A) saccades
B) smooth movements
C) gradual scans
D) leaps and bounds
E) none of the above
Question 2Reading The ball is red among normal adult readers involves:
A) word encoding and lexical access
B) feature and word identification
C) inferences about the intention of the author
D) none of the above
E) all of the above
Question 3Letters in the poorly resolved parafoveal vision:
A) are seen clearly if in high frequency positions
B) are detected more clearly if unusual
C) low frequency letters such as x or z are seen only if the information is predicted
D) are detected more clearly if surrounded by a space
E) are lost from processing
Question 4Cattell discovered that the capacity to report tachistoscopically presented letters was primarily a function of:
A) the reordering of word sequences
B) how long the words were
C) research participants' reaction time
D) exposure and IQ
E) how familiar the research participants were with the visual material
Question 5Recent techniques in evaluating eye movements during reading (using a computer) have a research participant fixate on a portion of the text while:
A) keeping a joystick on a target
B) pupillary dilation is measured
C) the text is scrolled in front of him or her
D) changes are made in other parts of the display
E) hearing a conflicting message over headphones
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