Visual Knowledge (CH. 11) Flashcards
Who is Francois Galton (1883)?
Observed that people’s “mental imagery” works differently from person to person
What is Self-Report Data?
A form of evidence in which a person is asked directly about their own thoughts or experiences
What are Chronometric Studies?
Literally, “time-measuring” studies; generally, studies that measure the amount of time a task takes. Sometimes used as a way of examining the task’s components or as a way of examining which brain events are simultaneous with specific mental events
What is Image-Scanning Procedure?
An experimental procedure in which participants are instructed to form a specific mental image and then are asked to scan, with their “mind’s eye,” from one point in the image to another. By timing these scans, the experimenter can determine how long “travel” takes across a mental image
What is the Mental Rotation Task?
An experimental procedure in which participants have to determine whether a shape differs from a target only in its position and orientation or whether the shape has a form different from the shape of the target
What is Demand Character?
Cues within an experimenter that signal to participants how they are “supposed to” respond
What is Eidetic Imagery?
A relatively rare capacity in which the person can retain long-lasting and detailed visual images of scenes that can be scrutinized as if they were still physically present
What are Percepts?
Internal representations of the world that result from perceiving; percepts are organized depictions
What is Dual Coding?
A theory that imageable materials, such as high-imagery words, will be doubly represented in memory: The word itself will be remembered, and so will the corresponding mental image
What is Boundary Extension?
A tendency for people to remember pictures as being less “zoomed in” (and therefore having wider boundaries) than they actually were
