Simple description of CC-R Model

1. CC-R Model
Capacity Constrained Reader Model
Just & Carpenter ,1980

2. Working Memory
CC-R Model
Higher-
Level
Processes
Lower-level
processes

3. • Cognitive processes decoding
text input automatically by using
activated information
Lower-
Level
Processes
• Cognitive processes extracting
information from text and
integrating with prior knowledge
Higher-
Level
Processes
• Limited cognitive sources
involving reading
comprehension
Working
Memory

4. Model’s claims
 person's language comprehension
depends on his or her working
memory capacity

5. Key Factors
 Increased syntactic complexity
 Increased linguistic ambiguity
 Variation in selectivity and
suppression in mechanisms
 Demand on the maintenance of
textual information across distances
 External demands on memory load
 Demands imposed by time constraint

6. Conclusion
 CC-R Model is intended to show how
readers vary in their reading abilities
influenced by limited capacity of
cognitive resources