ABSTRACT
The internal representation of a simple text can be analyzed through the construction process or by means of task solving strategies, if hypothetical. In the case of memory scanning, the scanning process is known and requires a listing of elements as internal representation. Potts argues that subjects arrange the terms of the orderings along an internal interval scale and that the greater the distance separating those two terms on the scale the easier it is to compare them. With the interpretation, linear orderings and set inclusion relations are striking examples of how information is integrated. In case of “direct comparison” and “after comparison” the number of fixations is equal. In case of “before comparison” the number of fixations is increased, whereas the number of fixations is decreased in case of “during comparison”. The reduced reaction time in case of large letter or element remoteness might be caused by the reduced number of processing fixation found during comparison.
