Journal
MEMORY & COGNITION
Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 33-46Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-018-0848-y
Keywords
Knowledge revision; Refutation texts; Three-pronged approach; Think-aloud; Cognitive processes
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- Guy Bond Endowed Chair in Reading
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In the present study, we employed the three-pronged approach to determine the actual cognitive processes theorized in knowledge revision. First, the Knowledge Revision Components (KReC) framework was identified as the guiding theory. Second, think-aloud analysis highlighted at which points in refutation texts readers detected discrepancies between their incorrect, commonsense beliefs and the correct beliefs, and the exact processes with which they dealt with these discrepanciessuccessfully or unsuccessfully, as indicated by posttest scores. Third, corroborating reading-time data and posttest data demonstrated that the structure of the refutation texts facilitated the coactivation and integration of the explanation with the commonsense belief, resulting in knowledge revision. Finally, an analysis directly connected the processes identified during think-aloud to sentence reading times. These findings systematically identify the cognitive processes theorized during knowledge revision and, in doing so, provide evidence for the conditions for revision outlined in the KReC framework.
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