The roles of schemata in memory for text

Bibliographic Data

ID11273796
AuthorsCharles P Bloom (Honeywell (United States), corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume11
Issue3
Pages305-318
Publication date1988-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Processes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01638538809544705
OpenAlexW2072230729
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited18

Based on studies of memory for prose, processing a story from a given perspective has been proposed to create two memory representations: an overall representation of the story as a whole and a more enduring schematic trace containing only perspective‐consistent information. Given this conceptualization, any recall asked for when only schematic representations are accessible should show some form of schematic dominance. To examine this, subjects were given two encoding perspectives while the overall representation was still in memory, and they were also given both immediate and delayed recall tests. The immediate recall test replicated previous experimental procedures and results assessing memory for the passages while both representations were accessible. The delayed recall test assessed memory for the passages when only schematic representations were accessible. Delayed recall test results did not show the proposed schematic dominance, suggesting a different interpretation of the immediate test findings

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Conceptualization · Dominance (genetics · Encoding (memory · Levels-of-processing effect · Perspective (graphical · Recall · Representation (politics · Schematic · Test (biology · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Artificial Intelligence

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