It Is Optional Whether People Will Make

Loftus and Zanni (1975)had participants watch a film of an automobile accident.They found that participants were more likely to report a broken headlight when asked: A) "Did you see a broken headlight?" B) "Did you see her broken headlight?" C) "Did you see his broken headlight?" D) "Did you see the broken headlight?"

Comprehenders consider: A) only one candidate for the referent of a pronoun. B) multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use semantic cues to select a referent. C) multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use syntactic cues to select a referent. D) multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use semantic and syntactic cues to select a referent.