Inferences in the Comprehension of and Memory for Text. Technical Report No. 49 [electronic resource] / Ernest T. Goetz.
Two studies investigated whether variations in the importance of inferences and the salience of premises within a text would affect the probability that the inference would be made. Six stories of about 500 words were used, with eight variations of each story. The target inference, and its plausibil...
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| 520 | |a Two studies investigated whether variations in the importance of inferences and the salience of premises within a text would affect the probability that the inference would be made. Six stories of about 500 words were used, with eight variations of each story. The target inference, and its plausibility, was constant across all versions. Inference was tested using multiple-choice questions in the first experiment and cued recall in the second experiment. Results of both studies indicated that people are more likely to make an important inference than an unimportant inference. The first study also revealed that people are more likely to rate an important inference as having been stated in the passage. In both studies, highly salient premises were also found to increase the probability that an inference would be made. (Author/AA) | ||
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