When goals collide: monitoring the goals of multiple characters.

Memory & Cognition
Joseph P MaglianoHyun-Jeong Joyce Kim

Abstract

Most story plots contain multiple characters who are independent, interact, and often have conflicting goals. One would expect that narrative understanding would require monitoring of the goals, concerns, and situations of multiple agents. There is considerable evidence that understanders monitor the primary protagonist's goal plans (e.g., Suh & Trabasso, 1993). However, there is relatively little research on the extent to which understanders monitor the goals of multiple agents. We investigated the impact of characters' roles and prominence on the extent to which understanders monitor the goal plans of multiple characters in a feature length film. In Experiment 1, participants made situation change judgments, and in Experiment 2, they verbally described scenes. Both types of judgments indicated that viewers monitor the goals and plans of multiple agents but do so to a greater extent for characters more prominent to the plotline.

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Dec 21, 2011·Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition·Joseph MaglianoJeffrey M Zacks
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