Which term corresponds to the task where a person is given words of increasing difficulty to see what they know?

Which term corresponds to the task where a person is given words of increasing difficulty to see what they know?

• A. Reading
• B. Non-word reading
• C. Sight word reading
• D. Reading comprehension

Answer: (C)

Word recognition by sight is what this task evaluates. Presenting words in order of increasing difficulty measures how quickly and accurately a person can read familiar words without sounding them out, revealing the size and accessibility of their mental lexicon. This is different from decoding, which would use non-words to test the ability to pronounce unfamiliar letter patterns, and from reading comprehension, which assesses understanding of meaning after reading. So the procedure described best matches sight word reading.

Word recognition by sight is what this task evaluates. Presenting words in order of increasing difficulty measures how quickly and accurately a person can read familiar words without sounding them out, revealing the size and accessibility of their mental lexicon. This is different from decoding, which would use non-words to test the ability to pronounce unfamiliar letter patterns, and from reading comprehension, which assesses understanding of meaning after reading. So the procedure described best matches sight word reading.