![]() |
Home Psychology Glossary Psychology Degrees Search Grad Schools Psychology Topics Quizzes News & Blogs | |
DEMONSTRATIONS:
Imagine a capital letter N. Connect a diagonal line from the top right corner to the bottom left corner. Now rotate the figure 90 degrees to the right. What do you see? answer
Imagine a capital letter D. Rotate the figure 90 degrees to the left. Now place a capital letter J at the bottom. What do you see? answer
Mental Imagery Definition:
Why is Mental Imagery Important?
What is the Nature of Mental Images?
|
Analog Code
|
Propositional Code |
|
internal representation is a copy of the external stimulus mental picture |
internal representation is a description of the stimulus verbal description |
Example:
Stimulus:
|
Analog Code
|
Propositional Code |
|
stored like a bitmap binary code in memory: 0011100 0100010 1000001 0100010 0011000 |
a circle at the top line comes straight down from bottom of circle 2 lines sticking out in either directions from middle and of straight line |
Analog Code:
Evidence for Analog Code:
Results (Fig. 6.1):
Theoretical Implications:
Task:
Results:
Theoretical Implications:
Which is larger, moose or roach?
Which is larger, wolf or lion?
Evidence for Propositional Code:
Conclusions: