PSYC 3030 : PSYC 3030 EXAM 3 Notes
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You probably used no imagery, then a little, and then a lot. Mckellar (1972) surveyed 500 adults and found that: According to one side, mental images are analog representations of past experience. According to the other side, mental images are epiphenomenal (made of words), and arise from representations used in general thought the traditional problem for mental imagery in scientific research is its introspective nature. Pairs of words -> count backwards in 3s from 97 -> recall pair. Pairs of concrete (imageable) words are remembered better than. Mental operations on images resemble physical operations on objects. When more rotation is required, more brain areas are activated. Details of mental rotation familiar objects are easier to rotate. People with less spatial ability are twice as slow and rotate along rigid axes in all cases, the analogy to physical rotation remains. Men are (nearly always) faster and more accurate at mr than women. Women show large fluctuations as estrogen levels change.
