1)What makes some stories easier to follow than others? 2)How is watching a film like reading a book? In what ways does it differ? 3)Many of the experiments on parsing involved analyses of reaction times

Psychology Oct 26, 2020

1)What makes some stories easier to follow than others?

2)How is watching a film like reading a book? In what ways does it differ?

3)Many of the experiments on parsing involved analyses of reaction times. In contrast, experiments such as those of Bransford and Johnson (1973; see Figure 12.1) necessitate a more qualitative analysis that involves dividing a story up into “ideas.” How easy is it to identify an idea?