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information entity > theoretical entity > testable hypothesis > contextual availability hypothesis

Terme préférentiel

contextual availability hypothesis  

Définition

  • 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.

Concept générique

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Synonyme(s)

  • contextual availability model
  • contextual availability theory

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Référence(s) bibliographique(s)

  • • 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]
  • • 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]

Créateur

  • Frank Arnould

Traductions

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-WK08NBW0-Q

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