Cognitive Structures in Human Story Comprehension and Memory.
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| Title: | Cognitive Structures in Human Story Comprehension and Memory. |
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| Authors: | Thorndyke, Perry W., Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 184 |
| Publication Date: | 1975 |
| Report Number: | P-5513 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Memory, Narration, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Short Stories |
| Abstract: | This research examines the effects of structure and content variables on memory and comprehension of prose passages. A process model for the comprehension of stories is proposed which assumes that stories are encoded in a hierarchical organizational framework which represents the abstract structural relationships of the plot. The implications of the model for the quality and characteristics of subjects' memory for stories were tested in a series of experiments using undergraduate college students. The study revealed that: (1) recall of a story was a function of the amount of inherent plot structure in the story; (2) story summarizations from memory tended to emphasize general structural characteristics rather than specific content; (3) structure and content manipulations significantly influenced recall; and (4) false recognition rates for implicit inferences from a story were a function of the plausibility of the inferences and their roles as organizing and integrating devices for other information in the story. (Author/LL) |
| Notes: | Reprint of author's dissertation, Stanford University |
| Journal Code: | RIEOCT1976 |
| Entry Date: | 1976 |
| Accession Number: | ED123587 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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