The discussion of reading comprehension emphasized that people draw inferences during reading. For example, when people were reading a passage that contradicted an inference, they usually took longer to read it

a. if the goal sentence was located near the contradictory material, rather than far away.
b. only if they were allowed a long processing time between reading the passage and judging it.
c. in both the "near" and the "far" conditions.
d. if they were novices, rather than experts


Ans: c

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