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Watkins, Michael J.; Graefe, Thomas M. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1981
Describes five experiments in which instructions to rehearse previously presented pictures increased the likelihood of their being identified in a later test. Results show recognition was higher for cued than uncued pictures and that the effect of cuing diminished as the lag between presentation and cuing was increased. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Cues, Language Processing, Language Research, Memory
Jorg, Sabine; Hormann, Hans – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
Results of the experiment show that the generality or specificity of the verbal lable determines which of six versions of the drawings are accepted as formerly seen and which are not, and that the pattern of acceptance for the unlabeled parts corresponds to that of the labeled ones. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Identification, Language Processing, Language Research
MacLeod, Colin M.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
In a modification of the sentence-picture comprehension task (Chase & Clark, 1972), 70 university undergraduates verified sentence-picture pairs. The findings limit the generalizability of any linguistic comparison model; two different comprehension strategies were used consistently by different subjects, whose choices of strategy were predictable…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Comprehension