Recall of subject nominalizations

Author(s)

Nicholas L. Rohrman, Bucknell University
Donald J. Polzella, Bucknell UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1968

Publication Source

Psychonomic Science

Abstract

Twenty Ss were presented with two lists of 14 subject nominalizations for written free recall, and later with one list for an association task. These items, although superficially similar, differ in complexity of deep structure. A significant difference in recall was found in favor of the items with the simpler deep structure. No difference was observed in number of associations to the different items. The results provide additional support for the notion that the underlying structure of a sentence adequately serves as a conceptualization of the memory representation of that sentence.

Inclusive pages

376

Document Version

Published Version

Volume

12

Peer Reviewed

yes

Keywords

Free Recall, Verbal Learning, Verbal Behavior, Deep Structure, Memory Representation

Sponsoring Agency

National Science Foundation

eCommons Citation

Rohrman, Nicholas L. and Polzella, Donald J., "Recall of subject nominalizations" (1968). Psychology Faculty Publications. 52.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/psy_fac_pub/52