Gordon S K
Exp Aging Res. 1975 Sep;1(1):71-80. doi: 10.1080/03610737508257948.
Differences between elderly and young adults in storage organization of sentence material were investigated using a modification of Mandler's (1967) sorting technique. The elderly were expected to be relatively poor at sorting organization, and would then recall less sentence material. The age groups were also compared on time taken to organize the sentences, recall organization, and performance on a short sentence comprehension test. There were no age differences in conceptual type of organization or clustering of sentences in sorting groups and recall storage organization was not related to the amount of recall. The elderly adults did require more time to acquire the sentences, and had lower recognition test scores. It was concluded that the sorting technique and measures related to it failed to detect the elderly adults' apparent difficulty in acquiring the sentences.
采用对曼德勒（1967）分类技术的一种改进方法，研究了老年人与年轻人在句子材料存储组织方面的差异。预计老年人在分类组织方面相对较差，进而回忆起的句子材料较少。还比较了不同年龄组在组织句子所用时间、回忆组织以及短句理解测试中的表现。在分类组中，组织的概念类型或句子聚类方面不存在年龄差异，并且回忆存储组织与回忆量无关。老年人确实需要更多时间来掌握这些句子，并且在识别测试中的得分较低。得出的结论是，分类技术及其相关测量未能检测出老年人在掌握句子方面明显存在的困难。
