Experiment 1

Materials

Assignment One (Method & Results) description sheet

Experimental materials

Context picture

The passage

Debriefing

Experimenter script

Recall measure rater instructions

Readings

Previous empirical research:

Bransford, J. D., Barclay, J. R., & Franks, J. J. (1972). Sentence memory: A constructive versus interpretive approach. Cognitive Psychology, 3(2), 193-209.

Bransford, J. D., & Franks, J. J. (1971). The abstraction of linguistic ideas. Cognitive Psychology, 2(4), 331-350.

Johnson, M. K., Bransford, J. D., & Solomon, S. K. (1973). Memory for tacit implications of sentences. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 98(1), 203-205.

Relevant Theory:

Bransford, J. D., & Franks, J. J. (1972). The abstraction of linguistic ideas: A review. Cognition & Emotion, 1(2-3), 211-249.