Module 14 Flashcards
Knowledge structures that individuals construct to understand and explain their experiences.
MENTAL MODELS
refers to the use of images that represent visual characteristics such as colors and shapes.
VISUAL IMAGERY
refers to images that represent spatial features such as depth dimensions distances, and orientations.
SPATIAL IMAGERY
deals with the acquisition, organization, and use of knowledge about objects nd actions in iwo- and three-dimensional space.
SPATIAL COGNITION
are internal representations of our physical environment, particularly centering on spatial relationships.
COGNITIVE MAPS
These rules of thumb are cognitive strategies termed.
HEURISTICS
People tend to think of intersections (e.g., street crossings) as forming 90-degree angles more often than the intersections really do.
RIGHT-ANGLE BIAS
People tend to think of shapes (e.g., states or countries) as being more symmetrical than they really are
SYMMETRY HEURISTIC
When representing figures and boundaries that are slightiy sianted (i.e., oblique), people tend to distort the images as being either more vertical or more horizontal than they really are.
ROTATION HEURISTIC
People tend to represent landmarks and boundaries that are slightly out of alignment by distorting their mental images to be better aligned than they really are.
Alignment heuristic
The relative positions of particular landmarks and boundaries is distorted in mental images in ways that more accurately reflect people’s conceptual knowledge about the contexts in which the landmarks and boundaries are - located. rather than reflecting the actual spatial configurations.
Relative-position heuristic
