Date of Award
1988
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
Two experiments examined the nature of the search for antecedents during reading. Students read passages that contained two possible antecedents: One appearing early in the passages and the other appearing late. The degree of elaboration was varied with one antecedent receiving additional elaboration for half of the passages and the other antecedent receiving additional elaboration for the remaining half. Reading time differences from Experiment 1 demonstrated that late antecedents are reinstated more quickly than early antecedents and elaborated antecedents are reinstated more quickly than nonelaborated antecedents. Experiment 1 also showed that this activation is restricted to concepts that are from the same general category as the target antecedent. Experiment 2 demonstrated that there was no difference in the activation level of either antecedent prior to reinstatement. The results of both experiments are discussed in terms of an automatic spread of activation through an integrated network representation.
Extent
85 p.
Recommended Citation
Plewes, Pamela Sandeau, "The retrieval of antecedents during reading" (1988). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 677.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/677
Identifier
FADT14462
Comments
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1988.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1988.