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1. Models of Understanding Text

   Edited by Bruce K. Britton, Arthur C. Graesser

   Series: Cog Studies Grp of the Inst for Behavioral Research at UGA

   What is text understanding? It is the dynamic process of constructing coherent representations and inferences at multiple levels of text and context, within the bottleneck of a limited-capacity working memory. The field of text and discourse has advanced to the point where researchers have...

   Published October 31st 1995 by Psychology Press
2. The Construction of Social Judgments

   Edited by Leonard L. Martin, Abraham Tesser

   Series: Cog Studies Grp of the Inst for Behavioral Research at UGA

   Researchers have been addressing social judgment from a cognitive perspective for more than 15 years. Within recent years, however, it has become increasingly clear that many of the models and assumptions initially adopted are in need of revision. The chapters in this volume point out where the...

   Published August 31st 1992 by Psychology Press
3. The Psychology of Word Meanings

   Edited by Paula J. Schwanenflugel

   Series: Cog Studies Grp of the Inst for Behavioral Research at UGA

   This volume contains perspectives from a collection of cognitive scientists on the psychological, philosophical, and educational issues surrounding the meanings of words and how these meanings are learned and accessed. It features chapters covering the nature and structure of word meaning, how new...

   Published September 30th 1991 by Psychology Press
4. Narrative Thought and Narrative Language

   Edited by Bruce K. Britton, Anthony D. Pellegrini

   Series: Cog Studies Grp of the Inst for Behavioral Research at UGA

   Since before the dawn of history, people have been telling stories to each other and to themselves. Thus stories are at the root of human experience. This volume describes empirical investigations by Jerome Bruner, Wallace Chafe, David Olson, and others on the relationship between stories and...

   Published April 30th 1990 by Psychology Press