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Hagen, Margaret A.; Jones, Rebecca K. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Reports two experiments which examined developmental changes in the patterns of preference for varying degrees of perspective while controlling for the station point used in viewing. Subjects were 28 preschool children (age four years), 23 elementary school students (age six years) and 30 college students from introductory psychology classes. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Dimensional Preference, Elementary School Students
Atang, Christopher I. – 1984
The effects of black and white and color illustrations on student achievement were studied to investigate the relationships between cognitive styles and instructional design. Field dependence (FD) and field independence (FI) were chosen as the cognitive style variables. Subjects were 85 freshman students in the Iowa State University Psychology…
Descriptors: College Students, Color, Dimensional Preference, Field Dependence Independence

Miller, Leon K. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Investigates age differences in selective attention in a coded visual search task where subjects were given different types of information about target location before trial onset. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, College Students
McIsaac, Marina Stock – 1984
This study was designed as the first in a series of inquiries to investigate the use of multidimensional scaling techniques for observing and measuring underlying dimensions commonly perceived by viewers. Following a preliminary study to select photographs, 15 university students aged 19 to 45 were presented with stimuli consisting of 34 colored…
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Grouping, College Students, Concept Formation