Concept information
Preferred term
contextual availability hypothesis
Definition
- The hypothesis that memory for concrete words is better than memory for abstract words because a greater amount of contextual information is associated with the former than with the latter.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- contextual availability model
- contextual availability theory
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Schwanenflugel, P. J. (1991). Why are abstract concepts hard to understand? In P. J. Schwanenflugel (Ed.), The psychology of word meanings (pp. 223–250). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Schwanenflugel, P. J., Harnishfeger, K. K., & Stowe, R. W. (1988). Context availability and lexical decisions for abstract and concrete words. Journal of Memory and Language, 27(5), 499–520. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-596X(88)90022-8
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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modèle de la disponibilité contextuelle
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théorie de la disponibilité contextuelle
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-WK08NBW0-Q
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