DIMENSIONS OF SITUATION MODEL CONSTRUCTION IN NARRATIVE COMPREHENSION

被引:407
作者
ZWAAN, RA
GRAESSER, AC
MAGLIANO, JP
机构
[1] UNIV MEMPHIS,DEPT PSYCHOL,MEMPHIS,TN
[2] UNIV CHICAGO,DEPT PSYCHOL,CHICAGO,IL 60637
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10.1037/0278-7393.21.2.386
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Several factors potentially influence the extent to which readers form a coherent mental representation during story comprehension. The main factors are argument overlap (i.e., connections between text constituents) and situational continuity (i.e., connections between the components of the referential situation model). The authors distinguished 3 dimensions of situational continuity: temporal, spatial, and causal continuity. Results of 2 reading-time studies involving naturalistic stories suggest that readers simultaneously monitor multiple dimensions of the situation model (particularly temporality and causality) under a normal reading instruction. In addition, the construction of a situation model does not critically depend on the presence or absence of argument overlap.
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页数:12
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