PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes -Linear Interpolation, Reading Railway Station, Percentile
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Integrating text info with that from ltm. Cognitive model kintsch and van dijk (1978) Most influential theoretical model of comprehension processes. Any decrease in ability leads to decrease in performance (i. e. capacity dictates performance ability at each stage determines performance). Familiarity in text eases comprehension. i. e. simple material grade 8 vs. Readers with poor selection strategies have more difficulty. Having a decided reading goal and texts with conventional structure increase readability and comprehension. If it isn"t a component skill, it won"t be correlated. a: measure component skills and overall reading ability to see how they correlate, describe tasks and what they measure. Implied info that is not necessarily stated. Task asks you to read 2 sentences and then asks if a certain word was present. Did not measure key rt when answering no when it was not. Study 40 pairs of words (3 seconds each). Shown first word, asked to type in second as fast as you can.
