| Title | Imagery and Sentence Learning |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1971 |
| Authors | Anderson, R. C., & Hidde J. L. |
| Journal | Journal of Educational Psychology |
| Volume | 62 |
| Pagination | 526-530 |
| Date Published | December |
| ISBN Number | 1939-2176 |
| Keywords | Experimental Instructions, Human, Imagery, imagery vs. pronounceableness ratings & imagery instructions, sentence learning, Sentences, Verbal Communication, Verbal Learning |
| Abstract | Told 24 undergraduates that they were helping norm materials for a future experiment. Ss either rated the pronounceableness or the image-evoking value of 30 sentences. After 1 presentation of the sentences, a surprise test was administered in which s attempted to recall the verb and object of each sentence given the subject noun as a retrieval cue. Ss who rated imagery recalled over 3 times as many words as those who rated pronounceableness it is argued that imagery instructions facilitated learning by causing ss to process the sentences in a meaningful fashion. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) |