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Direct linkWhite, Peter A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
In 4 experiments, participants made judgments about forces exerted and resistances put up by objects involved in described interactions. Two competing hypotheses were tested: (1) that judgments are derived from the same knowledge base that is thought to be the source of perceptual impressions of forces that occur with visual stimuli, and (2) that…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Hypothesis Testing, Evaluative Thinking, Heuristics
Peer reviewedPresson, Clark C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 1982
Three experiments involved imagining the result of either an array rotating relative to a fixed viewer or a viewer rotating relative to a fixed array. The data suggested that adults use literal, concrete strategies to solve these problems. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Kinesthetic Perception
