Convergent and Discriminant Validation of the French and Guilford-Zimmerman Spatial Orientation and Spatial Visualization Factors
Convergent and Discriminant Validation of the French and Guilford-Zimmerman Spatial Orientation and Spatial Visualization Factors
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French 和 Guilford-Zimmerman 空间定向和空间可视化因素的收敛和判别验证
DOI：
10.1177/001316447203200418
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发表时间：
1972
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
P. M. Bauman
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作者：
G. Borich;P. M. Bauman
尽管研究者普遍认为空间能力因素是存在的，但关于该结构及其子因素的性质一直存在争议。French（1951）、French、Ekstrom和Price（1962）以及Guilford和齐默尔曼（1956）提出了几种空间因素及其测量工具的存在。French（1951）在回顾了几个因子研究后，描述了两个空间因子：空间定向和空间可视化。弗伦奇将空间定向定义为一种能力，这种能力能够不被空间结构所呈现的不断变化的方向所迷惑，而将空间视觉化定义为一种能力，这种能力能够理解三维空间中的想象运动。French等人（1962）选择了两个测试来测量这些结构。空间定向测试需要比较两个立方体块。被调查者被要求根据两块砖表面上写的符号指出这两块砖是相同还是不同。法国视觉化测验要求考生想象一张纸的折叠和展开，当折叠时，已经穿孔（通过在纸上画圆来模拟）一次或多次。在五个备选方案中，考生必须
ALTHOUGH researchers generally agree that a spatial ability factor exists, there has been controversy concerning the nature of the construct and its subfactors. The existence of several spatial factors and instruments for their measurement have been posited by French (1951) , French, Ekstrom, and Price (1962) , and Guilford and Zimmerman (1956). After reviewing several factorial studies, French (1951) described two spatial factors: spatial orientation and spatial visualization. French defined spatial orientation as the aptitude to remain unconfused by the changing orientations in which a spatial configuration may be presented and spatial visualization as the aptitude to comprehend imaginary movement in three-dimensional space. French e t al. (1962) selected two tests for the measurement of these constructs. The spatial orientation test requires the comparison of two cubical blocks. The respondent is asked to indicate whether the two blocks are the same or different according to symbols written on their faces. The French visualization test requires an examinee to imagine the folding and unfolding of n piece of paper which, when folded, has been perforated (simulated by circles drawn on the paper) one or more times. Out of five alternatives an examinee must