Ch11 - Visual Knowledge

Question 1

how did we “discover” that people can inspect and describe their mental images as if viewing a picture?

who and through what

Answer 1

Francis Galton “discovered” this using introspection techniques and gathering self report data

Question 2

chronometric studies of imagery

description + example

Answer 2

time measured studies of an imagery task

Question 3

image scanning procedure

Answer 3

participants asked to memorize an image of an island

then asked to scan from one location on the island to another

• the response time was directly related to the distance between features of the island that the participant was asked to scan through

Question 4

mental rotation task

Answer 4

participants asked to rotate an image in their heads, time taken to answer questions regarding this image is recorded

• response time directly linked to the change in angle of rotation requested

Question 5

how does the amount of active brain tissue change in relation to the size of the object imagined?

Answer 5

more brain tissue is active when imagining larger objects

Question 6

how can visualization be disrupted?

Answer 6

by disrupting visual perception areas using TMS

TMS - transcranial magnetic stimulation

Question 7

eidetic imagery

description

Answer 7

also called photographic memory
individuals who have extremely detailed visualization skills and memory