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ERIC ED134935: Frameworks for Comprehending Discourse. Technical Re... |
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In this study, 30 male college students from two |
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weightlifting classes and 30 female college students |
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enrolled in an educational psychology course designed |
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specifically for music education majors were asked to |
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read two ambiguous passages, each of which could be |
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interpreted in two different ways. The first passage |
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could be perceived as describing either a prison break or |
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a wrestling match, while the second could be understood |
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as detailing either an evening of card playing or a |
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rehearsal session of a woodwind ensemble. Scores on |
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multiple-choice tests, the content of written themes, and |
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comments in free recall of the passage indicated a |
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striking relationship between the subjects' backgrounds |
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and their interpretation of the selections. These results |
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indicate that high-level schemata provide the |
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interpretive framework for comprehending discourse. The |
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fact that most subjects reported being unaware of |
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alternative interpretations suggests that schemata can |
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cause people to "see" a message in light of their own |
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frame of reference. Tables of findings are included. |
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Date Published: 2015-04-28 19:07:58 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED134935 |
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Item Size: 30412497 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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# Topics |
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ERIC Archive; Ambiguity; Background; ... |
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