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What is the primary idea behind the proposal that readers can either access a word's meaning and then its pronunciation or else first access a word's pronunciation and then its meaning?
The processing of a word's meaning and pronunciation can occur in either order.
What is the name of the model that suggests new memories are classified based on previous experiences and memories?
Memory-Based Model
What is the conclusion of the study that tested the Garden Path and Constraint-Based Models in a self-paced reading task?
The Constraint-Based Model is supported by the data, as people use word-specific knowledge to guide interpretation.
What is the primary finding of the study on TOTs in Italian, where participants were presented with word definitions?
People often access semantic information before phonological information.
What is the name of the tradition in which words are fit into a syntactic structure as soon as they are seen or heard?
Information-Processing Tradition
What is the conclusion of the 1966 study on TOTs in English, where low-frequency words were prompted by brief definitions?
People often access semantic and syntactic information before phonological information.
What is the average WPM for college students when reading nonfiction according to the data?
238
What is the purpose of measuring how long people take to say a string of letters is or is not a word?
To assess written word recognition difficulties
What is the relationship between word skipping rates and the length of words in a language?
Languages with shorter words tend to have higher word skipping rates
What is the term for the amount of time a person spends looking at a word when reading?
Total fixation duration
What is the purpose of measuring how long people take to determine whether a word belongs to a specified category?
To assess written word recognition difficulties
What type of articles were used in the eye tracking study mentioned in the text?
Wiki-style articles
Assess your understanding of reading speed and word recognition concepts, including average words per minute (WPM) for college students and tasks related to written word recognition difficulties. Test your knowledge of how people process and categorize words.
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