Genre
- Journal Article
Contributors
Author: Cohen, Annabel J.
Author: Foley, Joan E.
Date Issued
1982
Abstract
36 1st- and 36 4th-yr undergraduates of 2 levels of experience with a complex environment estimated distances between all pairs of 7 locations drawn from 1 of 3 contexts varying in relative salience of the vertical over the horizontal plane. Subsequently, Ss provided ratings of their extent of use of 4 types of imagery. Results indicate veridicality of the mental representation of the vertical plane. Increased experience produced less concrete experiential and more abstract imagery. These results support the notion that cognitive maps comprise multiple encodings, including 3-dimensional models of the environment that develop with experience.
Note
Environmental Design Research Assn
Source type: Electronic(1)
Language
- English
Subjects
- Apparent Distance
- Age Differences
- experience level, abstractness of imagery used in estimating distances in complex environment, 1st vs 4th yr college students
- Cognitive Maps
- Spatial Imagery
Page range
100-104
Host Title
EDRA: Environmental Design Research Association
Volume
13
ISSN
0531-9293