Which of the following students provides the best definition of the term "inference," in connection with the discussion of semantic memory in Chapter 8?
a. Don: "An inference refers to those conclusions and logical implications that people make, even when they were never directly stated in the original stimulus."
b. Javier: "An inference is the grammatical structure of a sentence, in both written and spoken language."
c. Polina: "An inference occurs when one speaker stops talking, and another begins to speak."
d. Lindsey: "An inference is basically an alternate term for the word validity."
Ans: a
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