Script processing in a natural situation

Nakamura, Glenn V.; Graesser, Arthur C.; Zimmerman, Judy A.; Riha, James

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“…Although a room is a complex naturalistic setting, it does not capture the dynamic, fluid aspects of our environment. As suggested by Nakamura et al (1985), it is very important to test our laboratory results and theories in many different naturalistic situations, because such a strategy will lead to a broader understanding of memory phenomena. This strategy will also allow us to examine knowledge of different schemas.…”

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The effect of memory schemata on memory and the phenomenological experience of naturalistic situations

Neuschatz

Lampinen

Preston

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Two experiments document the effect of memory schemata in naturalistic situations. Participants in both experiments watched a short videotaped lecture in which the instructor enacted several schemaconsistent actions (e.g. writing on a whiteboard) and schema-inconsistent actions (e.g. smoking a cigarette). Following the videotaped lecture, participants completed a recognition test and rated the phenomenological content of their memories. In both experiments, memory was more accurate for schema-inconsistent actions than for schema-consistent actions. Participants also indicated that their memories of schema-inconsistent actions were more vivid than schema-consistent actions. Interestingly, in Experiment 2, the false memory rate for typical items increased across both 48-hour and one week retention intervals. These results have important implications for the processes of normal human memory in everyday situations.

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The effect of memory schemata on memory and the phenomenological experience of naturalistic situations

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Preston

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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“…Although the atypical story was centred around unusual events, it still concerned the actions of two major characters from`The Archers' about whom the subjects would have a considerable amount of pre-existing knowledge. It is also the case that atypical events can be memorable, and this fact has been incorporated in the notion of a`schema plus tags' model (Nakamura, Graesser, Zimmerman and Riha, 1985). Features of the atypical Archers story that may have minimized such an effect were that the boat show took place in a fictitious town and no transaction finally occurred.…”

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On the specificity of expert knowledge about a soap opera: an everyday story of farming folk

Reeve

Aggleton

1998

Appl. Cognit. Psychol.

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Subjects who were highly knowledgeable about a radio soap opera (‘The Archers’) were given one of two imaginary scripts to read. One story was representative of the normal events in ‘The Archers’ (a visit to a livestock market); the other was atypical (a visit to a boat show). These expert subjects were able to remember many more details of the typical, market story than a group of subjects who knew little about the soap opera. This expert advantage completely disappeared for the atypical story. This pattern of results occurred even though the two stories shared many parallel features and most of the questions (and answers) used to assess their remembrance were the same. The results, which were not due to superior guessing by the expert group, show that frequent listeners to a soap opera can demonstrate ‘expert knowledge’. The advantage that this confers is, however, highly selective and only pertains to events that are representative of the programme. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Some psychologists (Crowder, 1976;Nakamura, Graesser, Zimmerman, and Riha, 1985) are interested in ecological research as a way of validating principles of memory obtained in laboratory studies. This approach assigns special status to the laboratory as a 'privileged' site for memory research, but reflects a concern to test the validity of laboratory studies in the 'real world'.…”

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An activity theory approach to memory

Scribner

Beach

1993

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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The articles which follow report independent research that originated in a collaborative group now organized as the Laboratory for Cognitive Studies of Work. Laboratory members are collectively engaged in working out a conceptual framework for cognitive research based on activity theory. Beach and Stevens, together with Scribner, elaborated this framework in the domain of memory, and in this introduction we will briefly sketch its principal implications for the ecological study of memory. ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO MEMORYOver the past decade ecological investigations of memory have come to play an increasingly important role in memory research. Today it is difficult to find a psychologist who, on some level, does not acknowledge the importance for psychology of locating and describing memory phenomena in everyday life. We are hard-pressed, however, to find agreement on the particular contributions such research is expected to make to our understanding of memory processes. An article by Bruce (1985a), responses by Neisser (1985 and Hirst and Levine (1985), and a reply by Bruce (1985b) illustrate the principal lines of disagreement. A more recent series of articles initiated by Banaji and Crowder (1989) and responded to by Loftus (Bruce (1991) continue the debate.As we see it, three methodological approaches can be distinguished. Some psychologists (Crowder, 1976;Nakamura, Graesser, Zimmerman, and Riha, 1985) are interested in ecological research as a way of validating principles of memory obtained in laboratory studies. This approach assigns special status to the laboratory as a 'privileged' site for memory research, but reflects a concern to test the validity of

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Script processing in a natural situation

Cited by 56 publications

References 24 publications

The effect of memory schemata on memory and the phenomenological experience of naturalistic situations

The effect of memory schemata on memory and the phenomenological experience of naturalistic situations

On the specificity of expert knowledge about a soap opera: an everyday story of farming folk

An activity theory approach to memory

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