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The Roles of Meaningfulness and Prior Knowledge in Younger and Older Adults' Memory Performance
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Skinner, Donald J.; Price, Jodi – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
Meaningfulness and prior knowledge can have differing effects on both metamemory and memory performance. Personally relevant information may be deemed more meaningful, which often can serve as a mediating factor in memory performance. Additionally, information that is congruent with prior knowledge has been shown to be judged as easier to remember…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Older Adults, Young Adults, Age Differences
Examining the Online Processing of Satirical Newspaper Headlines
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Skalicky, Stephen; Crossley, Scott A. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Previous investigations of satire posit that satire comprehension is influenced by prior knowledge, satirical strategies, and other demographic features, such as age. However, these claims have not yet been tested using online processing techniques. In this study we investigate satire processing using newspaper headlines from the satirical…
Descriptors: Satire, Newspapers, Journalism, Humor
Development of Children's Sensitivity to Overinformativeness in Learning and Teaching
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Gweon, Hyowon; Shafto, Patrick; Schulz, Laura – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Effective communication requires knowing the "right" amount of information to provide; what is necessary for a naïve learner to arrive at a target hypothesis may be superfluous and inefficient for a knowledgeable learner. The current study examines 4- to 7-year-olds' developing sensitivity to overinformative communication and their…
Descriptors: Young Children, Interpersonal Communication, Prior Learning, Knowledge Level
Social Workers' Orientation toward the Evidence-Based Practice Process: A Dutch Survey
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van der Zwet, Renske J. M.; Kolmer, Deirdre M. Beneken genaamd; Schalk, René – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: This study assesses social workers' orientation toward the evidence-based practice (EBP) process and explores which specific variables (e.g. age) are associated. Methods: Data were collected from 341 Dutch social workers through an online survey which included a Dutch translation of the EBP Process Assessment Scale (EBPPAS), along with…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Social Work, Caseworkers, Predictor Variables
Roles of Age and Familiarity in Learning Health Information.
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Brown, Scott C.; Park, Denise C. – Educational Gerontology, 2002
Younger (n=40) and older (n=40) adults received information on either familiar or unfamiliar diseases and answered questions about it. Older adults learned less regardless of familiarity or type of memory test. Both older and younger participants learned less new information about familiar diseases. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Diseases, Familiarity, Learning Processes
Development of Children's Understanding of Basic--Subordinate Inclusion Relations.
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Johnson, Kathy E.; Scott, Paul; Mervis, Carolyn B. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Four studies examined developmental differences in the representation of basic-subordinate inclusion relationships in three-, five-, and seven-year olds and undergraduates. Found that even three-year olds showed rudimentary knowledge of the asymmetry of inclusion. There was a marked developmental gap between producing subordinate category names…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Development, Children