Actualización del modelo de situación: rol de la información ‘en fondo’ y procesos implicados. Una mirada a través de las visiones here and now versus memory based (original) (raw)

The objective of the present article is to analyze and compare two different positions regarding the process of situation model updating and the role of backgrounded information, which are the here-and- now view (Morrow, Greenspan & Bower, 1987; Morrow Bower & Greenspan, 1989; Zwaan & Madden, 2004) and memory-based view (O’Brien, Rizzella, Albrecht, & Halleran, 1998; O’Brien, Cook, Guéraud, 2010). These positions are framed under the area of discourse psychology in which the situation model is understood as a coherent mental representation of the microworld expressed in the text. Under this view, the situation model is postulated as a key factor for the comprehension of discourse in general and narratives in particular. According to the importance of this construct, this article will focus on reviewing the postulates of each of the above mentioned views regarding the processes involved in constructing the situation model, with special emphasis on the updating process and the develop...