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Test expectancy and question answering in prose processing
Author(s) -
May Richard B.,
Thompson Janny M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.2350030306
Subject(s) - psychology , recall , test (biology) , serial position effect , reading (process) , expectancy theory , social psychology , cognitive psychology , coding (social sciences) , free recall , developmental psychology , statistics , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , mathematics , biology
Two experiments were conducted to study the effects of expectanices about test format (recall versus recognition) upon the retention of information from prose. In each study subjects expecting recall recalled better than those expecting a multiple‐choice test. Serial position analysis in Experiment 1 suggested differential use of study time in groups expecting different types of test. Examination of study time use in Experiment 2 indicated that subjects expecting multiple‐choice showed greater variability in the use of time spent reading prose segments. They were also more likely to employ idiosyncratic orders of reading segments. In general the results seem compatible with the theoretical model of Gillund and Shiffrin (1984) emphasizing the ratio of two types of coding.