Exam 7: Mental Imagery and Cognitive Maps

In the Shepard and Metzler study,people judged whether two figures that were in different orientations were the same or different.What did this study demonstrate?

What is one advantage of the neuropsychology approach to studying visual imagery?

The spatial framework model emphasizes that people are typically most accurate when judging

Which of the following provides the best example of auditory imagery?

Those who argue that we store mental imagery information in terms of propositions would claim that

Imagine that you read about research in which students study a map of an imaginary college campus.Then they are instructed to mentally travel between two points on this map.According to their results,the mental travel time increases as the distance increases between the two points.These results seem to support

Your textbook discusses the research on explanations for mental imagery.According to this discussion,

Which of the following students' statements best describes the spatial framework model proposed by Franklin and Tversky?

A general conclusion about cognitive maps is that

Suppose that you have a mental image of your favorite male actor.If that image is stored in a propositional code,the representation would emphasize

Which of the following people would be expected to be especially skilled at 180° mental rotations?

Suppose that you are driving to an unfamiliar city.To reach your destination with the smallest number of navigational errors,how should your map be oriented?

Suppose that in your college campus,Building A is east of Building B,but they aren't exactly in a straight row; one is 15 feet north of the other.The students' cognitive maps show them in a straight row,however.A likely explanation for this effect is

Which of the following is the best example of timbre?

Suppose that Arthur lives in Houston,Texas,and his friend Scott lives in a much smaller city about 20 miles from Houston.Arthur seems to think that it is farther from Houston to that small town,compared to the distance from the small town to Houston.Arthur is demonstrating the

Based on the research on gender differences in cognitive abilities,on which task would you expect men and women to show the greatest differences?

Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about gender comparisons in cognitive skills?

According to the neuropsychology research on imagery,

One of the most difficult problems in conducting research on imagery is that

Which of the following statements about cognitive mapping is correct?