Do All Science Disciplines Rely on Spatial Abilities? Preliminary Evidence from Self-report Questionnaires
Do All Science Disciplines Rely on Spatial Abilities? Preliminary Evidence from Self-report Questionnaires
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所有科学学科都依赖于空间能力吗？
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2010
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T. Shipley
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M. Hegarty;Raymond D. Crookes;Drew Dara;T. Shipley
空间能力与科学上的成功相关。然而，关于这一主题的研究并没有集中在不同科学领域的空间需求可能存在的差异。此外，处理环境空间的空间能力（大尺度空间能力）和处理物体空间的空间能力（小尺度空间能力）之间存在部分分离。我们使用在线自我报告的措施，收集初步数据的空间能力的科学家在不同的领域，以及人文主义者和个人在专业领域。地球科学家有最高的自我报告评级的环境和小规模的空间能力，而地理学家有相对较高的自我评级的环境空间能力和工程师有相对较高的自我评级的小规模的空间能力。其他科学学科没有不同的自我报告的空间能力的平均值。语言能力的自我评价与空间能力的自我评价不相关，正如预期的那样，人文学科专家的自我评价最高。
Spatial abilities are correlated with success in science. However, research on this topic has not focused on possible differences in the spatial demands of different scientific fields. Furthermore, there is a partial dissociation between spatial abilities involved in dealing with the space of environments (large-scale spatial abilities) and those involved in dealing with the space of objects (smallscale spatial abilities). We used on-line self-report measures to collect preliminary data on the spatial abilities of scientists in different fields, as well as humanists and individuals in professional fields. Geoscientists had the highest self-report ratings of both environmental and small-scale spatial abilities, whereas geographers had relatively high self ratings of environmental spatial abilities and engineers had relatively high self ratings of small-scale spatial abilities. Other scientific disciplines did not differ from the mean in self reported spatial abilities. Self ratings of verbal ability were uncorrelated with self ratings of spatial abilities and, as expected, were highest for humanities specialists.