In name (N) questions, the correct alternative was the name of the psychologist identified with the principle in the first sentence of the second paragraph of each passage. 

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- Application questions
- Questions that repeat examples 
- Questions on names of significant people

Question types

Watts, G. H., & Anderson, R. C. (1971). Effects of three types of inserted questions on learning from prose. Journal of Educational Psychology, 62(5), 387–394. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0031633 

Effects of three types of inserted questions on learning from prose

In repeated-example (RE) questions, the correct multiple-choice alternative exactly reproduced a situation described in the text to illustrate a principle. 

Repeated examples questions

The two application (A) questions for each passage were identical to the repeated-example questions except that the correct alternative in application questions described an example of the concept or principle different from any example employed in the passage.

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