Abstract
Told 24 undergraduates that they were helping norm materials for a future experiment. Ss either rated the pronounceableness or the image-evoking value of 30 sentences. After 1 presentation of the sentences, a surprise test was administered in which s attempted to recall the verb and object of each sentence given the subject noun as a retrieval cue. Ss who rated imagery recalled over 3 times as many words as those who rated pronounceableness it is argued that imagery instructions facilitated learning by causing ss to process the sentences in a meaningful fashion. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 526-530 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Educational Psychology |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1971 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- imagery instructions
- sentence learning, imagery vs. pronounceableness ratings &
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Developmental and Educational Psychology