Remembrance of things parsed: Story structure and recall
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Prototypically, stories represent the vicissitudes of human action-either implicitly or explicitly referring to causal sequences of events and agents undertaking goal-directed behavior.
“Prototypically, stories represent the vicissitudes of human action—either implicitly or explicitly referring to causal sequences of events and agents undertaking goal-directed behavior (Mandler & Johnson, 1977; Prince, 1973; Stein, 1982).”
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Schemas help people efficiently encode stories by providing preprogrammed structures in which novel information can be situated.
“Schemas help people efficiently encode stories by providing preprogrammed structures in which novel information can be situated (Mandler & Johnson, 1977).”
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Just the right amount of violation can heighten encoding because the audience tries to make sense of an unexpected event.
“Just the right amount of violation can heighten encoding because the audience tries to make sense of an unexpected event.”
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“The importance of schemas for encoding is evident when stories violate expectations (Mandler & Johnson, 1977): Just the right amount of violation can heighten encoding because the audience tries to make sense of an unexpected event.”
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- Authors
- Mandler, J. M., & Johnson, N. S.
- Affiliations
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mandler, Jean M.
- Venue
- Cognitive Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1977-01
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 111-151
- ISSN
- 0010-0285 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2045178568
- Cited by
- 2,085
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 34.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cognitive Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Keywords
- narrative structure, narrative recall, schemas, tree structure representation, rewrite rules, transformation rules, children's memory, encoding and retrieval
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