PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Necker Cube, False Alarms (1936 Film)
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Mental images studied by psychologists to show systematic data about imagery. Francis galton: asked people to describe their images and rate them for vividness. Self-report data fit well with common sense: participants reported that they could inspect their images as. Introspect/look within and report their own mental contents much as they would inspect a picture, could read off from image details of colour and texture. Participants differed widely from each other (i. e. some were rich in detail while others were very sketchy) Pattern of what information is included and what info is prominent depends on the mode of presentation (i. e. description vs. depiction) Study w/ kosslyn (1976)participants were asked to form a series of mental images and answer yes/no questions about each. Does the cat have claws? participants asked quickly and responses to head question were quicker than those to claws question. Information quickly available in the image follows the rules for pictures not paragraph.
