Mental imagery and cognitive maps

Question 1

What is mental imaging and what does it use

Answer 1

Mental representation of stimuli and it only uses top down processing

Question 2

When do you use mental imagery

Answer 2

During visual search in which you present a target in mind, During creative thinking, clinical thinking in which you deal with intrusive mental images ( ptsd depression), And perception

Question 3

What is spatial cognition used for

Answer 3

Navigation, Tracking objects in space, And cognitive mapS

Question 4

What are cognitive Maps

Answer 4

Mental representation of geography, Relationship among objects, requires many successive views

Question 5

What are cognitive map distortions

Answer 5

Make Mental maps more regular, Use heuristics

Question 6

What is situated cognition approach

Answer 6

Idea that knowledge and strategy depends on Environment culture context and experience

Question 7

How do we measure the mental

Answer 7

Assumes that mental imagery is equal to the physical object, can be rotated/judged

Question 8

What are the influences of mental rotation ability

Answer 8

meta analysis-gender bias, experience, age, spatial anxiety

Question 9

What are the two ways of Storing mental imagery

Answer 9

Analog and propositional code

Question 10

What is an analog code

Answer 10

Processes imagery same as perception aka visual

Question 11

What is propositional code

Answer 11

Abstract representation, language like descriptive of images aka Verbal/descriptive