The relationship between self-reports of imagery and spatial ability
The relationship between self-reports of imagery and spatial ability
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DOI：
10.1348/000712603321661912
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发表时间：
2003-05-01
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4
通讯作者：
Morris, PE
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作者：
Dean, GM;Morris, PE
一个令人困惑的问题，从图像的研究是为什么没有发现之间的关系自我报告的图像和性能的空间测试认为需要使用的图像。为了调查这一点，空间能力，测量两个空间测试的性能，进行了比较与视觉形象问卷（VVIQ;马克，1973年）和一个新构建的形象问卷生动的性能。新问卷的项目选择和评分是基于Kosslyn（1980，1994）的意象系统理论。新问卷的评分始终与空间测试的表现显着相关，而VVIQ的评分没有。新的评分比单独的生动性评分更多地捕捉了想象过程，但最大的变化取决于想象的项目类型。在空间测试中使用的相同类型的项目的评级预测性能的空间测试，而生动的评级的项目回忆或构建从长期记忆没有。参与者可以成功地反思他们的图像的几个不同属性，他们的评级确实预测了被认为需要图像的任务的表现。项目类型的大的影响提出了问题的预测价值的现有模型的图像系统，特别是在关系到我们的图像的现象学属性的作用。
A puzzling question arising from imagery research is why no relationship has been found between self-reports of imagery and performance on spatial tests thought to require the use of imagery. To investigate this, spatial ability, measured by performance on two spatial tests, was compared with performance on the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ; Marks, 1973) and a newly constructed imagery questionnaire. The choice of items and ratings for the new questionnaire was based on Kosslyn's (1980, 1994) theories of the imagery system. Ratings on the new questionnaire consistently correlated significantly with performance on the spatial tests, whereas ratings from the VVIQ did not. The new ratings captured more of the imagery process than ratings of vividness alone, but the largest change depended upon the type of item imagined. Ratings of items of the same type as used on the spatial tests predicted performance on the spatial tests, whereas vividness ratings of items recalled or constructed from long-term memory did not. Participants can successfully introspect on several different properties of their images, and their ratings do predict performance on tasks thought to require imagery. The large effect of item type raises questions about the predictive value of existing models of the imagery system especially in relation to the role of phenomenological properties of our images.