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Akiyama, M. Michael; Guillory, Andrea W. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1983
Young children found it difficult to verify negative statements, but found affirmative statements, affirmative questions, and negative questions equally easy to deal with. It is proposed that children acquire the answering system earlier than the verification system, and use answering to verify statements before acquiring the verification system.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research
Mandel, Rhonda G.; Johnson, Nancy S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Examines the role of organization in adults' processing of stories. Canonical stories were better recalled than noncanonical stories by all three age groups (young, middle-aged, and old adults), and a variety of measures indicated that older adults' recall was both quantitatively and qualitatively similar to that of young adults. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis