When You and I Share Perspectives Article

Read the following article and answer the questions about the article below. Brunye, T.T., Ditman, T., Mahoney, C.R., Augustyn, J.S., & Taylor, H.A. (2009). When you and I share perspectives. Pronouns modulate perspective taking during narrative comprehension. Psychological Science, 20, 27-32. You can access the article from the library by clicking on the following link. You may be required to provide your library ID number and password or NID username and password. http://ezproxy.net.ucf.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2009-00315-006&site=ehost-live You should read both the article above and chapter 11: Language before answering the following questions.

2. In experiment 2, participants were presented with sentences (and short texts) which included the pronouns ‘he’, ‘I’ or ‘you’. Next, they were shown a picture and they had to report as fast as possible (i.e., yes or no) whether the depicted event in the picture had been described previously in the sentence (and text). The pictures depicted events from an actor’s perspective or from an observer’s perspective (i.e., external perspective). a) On manipulating the pronouns and pictures what were the questions researchers aimed to address b) What were their hypotheses or expectations?