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Psychological status of the script concept.
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Suggests that there has been growing interest within several subfields of psychology in the schematic nature of mental representations of real-world objects and events. One simple form of schema is the “script,” embodying knowledge of stereotyped event sequences. The present author traces applicatio
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“Moreover, students' claim to have successfully used the skill in other similar situations to guess the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary could also be attributed to learning since similar situations activate scripts-concepts learned and rehearsed through an understanding of goals, causation, and plans of action (Abelson, 1981;Schank & Abelson, 1977).”
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“These alternative methods are called equifinal actions (Abelson, 1981), meaning they lead to the same outcome but take different routes to get there.”
Metadata
- Authors
- Abelson, R. P.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Abelson, Robert P.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 1981-07
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 715-729
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2051017435
- Cited by
- 1,743
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 64 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 92 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 54 · 2016: 55 · 2015: 70 · 2014: 50 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 49
- FWCI
- 51.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cognitive and psychological constructs research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- scripts, schemas, mental representation, event knowledge, cognitive psychology
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