Scripts in Memory for Text.¶
Bower, G. H., Black, J. B., & Turner, T. J. (1979). Scripts in Memory for Text. Cognitive Psychology, 11(2), 177-220.
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Primes¶
- Script
- The default fillers do the inferential heavy lifting: told only "Mary went to a restaurant and later complained the steak was tough," a comprehender infers — without being told — that Mary was seated, ordered, and was served, because the script supplies those steps by default.
This sourceDemonstrates empirically that comprehenders fill in unstated-but-scripted events by default and that script structure governs memory for narratives.
- The default fillers do the inferential heavy lifting: told only "Mary went to a restaurant and later complained the steak was tough," a comprehender infers — without being told — that Mary was seated, ordered, and was served, because the script supplies those steps by default.
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