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Alexander, Patricia A.; Bockmiller, Patricia R. – 1982
Thirty undergraduate students were asked to read and recall information presented in one of two parallel expository passages about the professional athlete. These passages differed only in their use of the "he" or "she" generic referent. The passages were parsed into 19 idea units, and 5 target words in each conveying the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Language Patterns
