Kintsch introduced the notion of a situation model in order to

Kintsch introduced the notion of a situation model in order to
 
  a. create a local semantic network specific to the current situation.
  b. reduce the syntactic complexity to the minimum level necessary to reduce processing load.
  c. use language as a set of instructions for constructing a mental representation of the situation.
  d. filter out irrelevant details to focus on global integration.

Question 2

A situation model is constructed from
 
  a. prior knowledge.
  b. text information.
  c. Both prior knowledge and text information
  d. Neither prior knowledge nor text information

Question 3

According to Kintsch's model of comprehension, how many propositions can be kept active in STM?
 
  a. three c. seven
  b. five d. nine