Comprehending verbal comprehension.

Robert J. Sternberg, Janet S. Powell·1983·American Psychologist

Abstract

Il est debattu des fondements cognitifs de la comprehension verbale et on met surtout l'accent sur le role du contexte dans la comprehension verbale. Apres un tour d'horizon sur les autres approches theoriques de la comprehension verbale, sont exposees les conceptions qui inspirent l'auteur ainsi qu'un certain nombre de donnees empiriques. Sont enfin ebauchees quelques-unes des implications de la nouvelle theorie pour la comprehension de l'intelligence en general

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