Lane and Schooler (2004) investigated the effects of verbalizing on apprehension and retrieval of analogies. Participants read a series of scenarios either silently or aloud
Some of the scenarios were structurally analogous, and others were superficially analogous. What effect did the verbalizations have on ability to pick up on the analogies?
a) Verbalization did not help or hinder recognizing analogies.
b) Verbalization completely hindered the ability to pick up on analogies, regardless of type.
c) Verbalization helped to recognize superficial similarity at the expense of deeper analogies.
d) Verbalization hindered the recognition of superficial analogies, but helped with ability to recognize deeper analogies.
Answer: c
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