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151) In order for 5-year old Zane to learn to read Japanese, he must have an awareness that the language moves a. top to bottom. b. bottom to top. c. from left to right. d. from right to left. 152) In order to a child to be “reading ready,” they must be able to do all of the following except a. understand that language moves in a particular direction. b. learn to recognize phonesthemes. c. learn that printed letters correspond to specific sounds. d. recognize that writing is meaningful. 153) Prereading requires that children are able to do all of the following except a. master phonetic decomposition. b. understand that writing is a symbol for meaningful concepts. c. recognize the alphabet. d. understand the correspondence between letters and sounds. 154) Research on speed-reading courses indicates that a. the faster we read, the better able we are to retain attention to the text. b. comprehension is not negatively impacted. c. comprehension suffers greatly. d. speed is completely unrelated to comprehension. 155) Alfred is taking a 7-day alphanetics course that claims it will increase the rate at which he reads to approximately 2,000 words per minute. Based on the research presented in your text, what will happen to Alfred’s comprehension of the material he is reading so fast? a. His comprehension will be low, and he will likely not understand more than 50% of what he read. b. His comprehension will be somewhat higher than when he reads at normal speeds. c. His comprehension will be dramatically improved because rate of reading and comprehension are positively correlated. d. There is no correlation between speed-reading and reading comprehension, so his comprehension will remain unchanged. 156) It is possible to increase both our reading speed and comprehension, as long as our speed does not exceed ________ words per minute. a. 100 b. 200 c. 300 d. 400 157) Which of the following slows down the rate of reading, and subsequently, reading comprehension? a. Bilingualism b. Subvocalizing c. Telegraphic speech d. Prereading 158) Behaviourists attempted to explain thinking in the narrow terms of a. remembering and feeling. b. believing and deciding. c. feeling and perceiving. d. stimulus and response. 159) One explanation for schizophrenia holds that person with schizophrenia have difficulty in filtering their attention. This is best related to the concept of a. chunking. b. cognitive economy. c. schema development. d. top-down processing. 160) June is trying to read her psychology text, and finds that she cannot tune out background noise of the library, the way the chair is uncomfortable on various parts of her body, the hum of the heating vents, pencil scribbles on the desk, the light on the computer plug that flashes, the whir of her laptop fan, and her own breathing. It could be said that June lacks _____________ that would allow her to only attend to the information she needs for decision making and minimize the rest. a. bottom-up processing b. schemas c. cognitive economy d. disconfirmation strategies