Conditions affecting beliefs about visual perception among children and adults
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Adults and children show an increase in their beliefs of the importance of intromission (visual input) for visual perception of luminous objects, when contrasted with nonlumious objects, under certain conditions. However, there is no decrease in the perceived importance of extramission (visual output). The nature of the object being viewed has no effect on the intromission-extramission beliefs. Prior education on the nature of vision produces only a shallow understanding of the process. Individuals do not generalize their perception of luminous objects within contexts and visual perception is unaffected by cognitive restructuring.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 1996
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Transitivity and emergent sequence performances in young children
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A study was conducted to examine transitive inference in young children. The findings show that children previously trained in sequencing pairs of visual stimuli were able to conduct additional sequencing even in the absence of direct training. The children who underwent only the overlapping sequence training performed better in sequencing activities than those who were trained to perform a six-stimulus sequence with one set of forms and five overlapping two-stimulus sequences with another set of forms. Methods for studying transitive relations between pairs of stimuli for training are suggested.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 1997
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Images, words, and questions: variables that influence beliefs about vision in children and adults
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Belief that vision involves some output from the eyes (extramission) tends to decrease with age, as belief that visual input is involved (intromission) tends to increase. However, use of computer graphic images during questioning leads to more extramission interpretations, while verbal questioning leads to more intromission interpretations. The magnitude of the difference depends on the question format. Demand for information processing may have influenced performance. The importance of the mode of representation is highlighted.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 1996
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