An educational psychologist investigated the relationship between metaphorical language comprehension and empathy levels in teenagers. She used a purposive sample of 50 secondary school pupils.
Each participant completed a metaphorical comprehension assessment. This test involved identifying the literal equivalents of 12 common idioms and answering 12 closed questions to assess their understanding of the deeper meaning of complex metaphorical phrases. The participants' empathy levels were then measured using a self-report situational empathy scale.
Write a closed question that could have been used in the metaphorical comprehension assessment to assess a participant's understanding of the meaning of a specific metaphorical phrase.
