کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
352723 618615 2011 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
How generalization inferences are constructed in expository text comprehension
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روان شناسی کاربردی
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How generalization inferences are constructed in expository text comprehension
چکیده انگلیسی

Three questions regarding adult readers’ processing of generalization inferences (conceptually broad statements that subsume several specific statements) are investigated. College students (N = 193) read expository texts containing target statements that were consistent, inconsistent, or off-topic in relation to a generalization implied by one paragraph. Reading times were faster for consistent than inconsistent statements and faster for inconsistent than off-topic statements, indicating adult readers construct generalization inferences online during initial reading of a text and that the inference they construct is relatively narrow in scope. This pattern of faster reading time for consistent sentences occurred under different reading goals, suggesting generalization inferences are a pervasive component of expository text comprehension.


► Readers construct broad generalization inferences to subsume subordinate statements.
► The generalizations inferred are specific and narrow in scope.
► The generalizations are inferred under a variety of reading goals.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Contemporary Educational Psychology - Volume 36, Issue 4, October 2011, Pages 280–288
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