PSY100Y5 Quiz: Psy100 Test 6 Lab Questions
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Describe the component skills involved in reading comprehension. Reading comprehension requires a complex interaction of cognitive skills. These include the skill of recognizing words, the semantic understanding of their meaning and their syntax which requires understanding how words can be correctly combined to1 form a sentence. Problem solving skills require making inferences and learning from the text. Both a good short-term and long-term memory also serve as the foundation upon which to lay the building blocks of solid reading comprehension. With those basic skills already in place, the efficient reader distinguishes him/herself by the application of more precise and interactive skills. This provides the referential framework that facilitates understanding. There are other cognitive resources necessary for reading and comprehension identified as necessary for reading and understanding. Attention or the skill of selecting of important information is necessary for reading. Next, one must integrate this knowledge with the novel information being processed decision making.
