PrepTest 50, Section 3, Question 1
Students in a first-year undergraduate course were divided into two groups. All the students in both groups were given newspaper articles identical in every respect, except for the headline, which was different for each group. When the students were later asked questions about the contents of the article, the answers given by the two groups were markedly different, though within each group the answers were similar.
Students in a first-year undergraduate course were divided into two groups. All the students in both groups were given newspaper articles identical in every respect, except for the headline, which was different for each group. When the students were later asked questions about the contents of the article, the answers given by the two groups were markedly different, though within each group the answers were similar.
Students in a first-year undergraduate course were divided into two groups. All the students in both groups were given newspaper articles identical in every respect, except for the headline, which was different for each group. When the students were later asked questions about the contents of the article, the answers given by the two groups were markedly different, though within each group the answers were similar.
Students in a first-year undergraduate course were divided into two groups. All the students in both groups were given newspaper articles identical in every respect, except for the headline, which was different for each group. When the students were later asked questions about the contents of the article, the answers given by the two groups were markedly different, though within each group the answers were similar.
Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?
Readers base their impressions of what is in a newspaper on headlines alone.
Newspaper headlines hamper a reader's ability to comprehend the corresponding articles.
Careless reading is more common among first-year undergraduates than among more senior students.
Newspaper headlines tend to be highly misleading.
Newspaper headlines influence a reader's interpretation of the corresponding articles.
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