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Sonnenschein, Susan – Child Development, 1982
Three experiments investigated the conditions under which redundant verbal information would facilitate a listener's performance. Kindergarteners, first graders, and fourth graders were asked to select which of several groups of pictures a message (either redundant or constructive) described. Verbal redundancy was found to facilitate only older…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Elementary School Students