Lecture 8 Flashcards
binocular rivalry
we can only see one image at a time
the brain supresses the other
personality and binocular rivalry
more open people have less
are more open to visual info
cognitive style defintion
strategies and preferences for perceiving and understanding the world
cognitive contents defintion
substantative perceptions and understandings
Herman Witkins
research on WWII pilots
discovered field dependence
field independence
rely on internal frame of reference
creative and improvising
prefere to work alone
tests for field (in)dependence
rod and frame test
embedded figure test
field dependence
relying on external reference
conforming to rules
sensitive to others
problems with field(in)dependence
dependence can be due to low intelligence or low motivation
some people score high on both
dimensions, not types
structure of cognitive styles
perception - memory - thought
aspects of perception
pattern recognition
attention
dimensions of pattern recognition
analytic vs holistic
dimensions of attention
field independence vs dependence
aspects of memory
codes
organization
dimensions of codes
verbal vs visual
dimensions of organization
conceptual complexity
aspects of thought
classification
reasoning
dimensions of classification
serial vs holistic