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Contextual Constraints on Noun Distributions to Some English Verbs to Children and Adults
Jarvella, Robert J.; Sinnott, Joan – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Associative Encoding of Words in Sentences by Adults and Children
Hall, James W.; Crown, Irene – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Association (Psychology), Children
The Production of "Child-Like" Word Associations by Adults to Unfamiliar Adjectives
Stolz, Walter S.; Tiffany, Janice – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
Superordinate-Subordinate Structure in Semantic Memory: The Roles of Comprehension and Retrieval Processes.
Waters, Harriet Salatas – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
Investigates the relationship between memory for prose and the structural characteristics of the semantic representation proposed by Kintsch. Results extend the generality of Kintsch's model across a wide range of ages, and indicate that a proposition is more likely to be recalled when its superordinate is also recalled. (EJS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Language Processing
Memory Strategy Monitoring in Adults and Children.
Pressley, Michael; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Results of five experiments in which adults and children were exposed to two study strategies for vocabulary learning: (1) repetition of words with meanings and (2) associative elaboration (the keyword method). Subjects were asked to choose one of the two study methods for learning a 24-item list of new vocabulary words. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Tests