Exam 11: Visual Knowledge

When imagining an object, it is often difficult to reimagine that object as something else. For example, an ambiguous picture could be interpreted as a duck or a rabbit, but when imagining it, people will see only the duck or the rabbit, not both. Hints such as, "Try thinking about the form from the right," can help people to see both aspects of the image. Why would this hint help?

A psychologist asks her experimental participants to describe their experiences in using mental imagery. The psychologist is collecting

Studies of individual differences in mental imagery ability indicate that

How could one improve his or her visual memory? List the techniques that can be used and describe which approaches are most effective. What does this suggest about the nature of imagery within memory, generally?

Paivio and others have proposed that some types of knowledge are encoded in image-based representations and that other types of knowledge are stored in verbal form. In addition, they claim that

Homer, Lisa, and Moe are asked to remember pairs of words. Homer tries to accomplish this task by rehearsing the words over and over again. Lisa decides to create a narrative combining the words together. Finally, Moe decides to imagine the objects interacting in some way. Who is likely to remember the items best?

Gertrude is shown a picture of a backyard and later asked to replicate the image by drawing it. When compared to the original, her drawing has a "zoomed out" perspective. This tendency is called

Evidence indicates that

Participants are asked to perform an imagery task while simultaneously keeping track of a visual target (a light that varies in brightness). The visual task will