Abstract
Describes 3 experiments in which undergraduates (N = 76) and graduate students (N = 84) were exposed to sentences containing general terms and then attempted to recall the last word of each sentence given single-word retrieval cues. Among 2 matched low associates of a general term, the cue referring to a case that resembled the most probable exemplar of the category named by the general term evoked the greater recall. Results seem to indicate that people use exemplars to represent the meanings of general terms, supporting an imagery theory of meaning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 301-306 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1973 |
Keywords
- sentences containing general terms, recalling last word given single word retrieval cues, college students
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine