Consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity¶
Oppenheimer, D. M. (2006). Consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity: Problems with using long words needlessly. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20(2), 139-156.
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- But cognitive load is the objective demand; fluency is the subjective experience of meeting that demand—a separation Oppenheimer (2006) made vivid by showing that needlessly complex vocabulary lowers judged author intelligence even at constant content load.
This sourceShows that disfluent (overly complex) vocabulary lowers judged author intelligence even at constant content; separates objective cognitive demand from subjective experience of processing ease.
- But cognitive load is the objective demand; fluency is the subjective experience of meeting that demand—a separation Oppenheimer (2006) made vivid by showing that needlessly complex vocabulary lowers judged author intelligence even at constant content load.
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