Mental visualization before and after problem presentation: a comparison.
Percept Mot Skills
; 78(1): 179-89, 1994 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Three experiments were carried out to study the effects on problem solving of visualization when subjects (secondary-school students and undergraduates) were instructed to generate mental images before the problem was presented and when they received such a hint after being given the problem. In each experiment an arithmetic, a geometric, and a practical problem were presented in three different conditions, a control condition, an "imagery-before" condition, and an "imagery-after" condition. Analysis showed that, in general, the "imagery-after" task helps subjects to overcome the misleading or fixating tendencies which interfere with problem solution; in contrast, the "imagery-before" task may enhance such tendencies.
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Assunto principal:
Resolução de Problemas
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Imaginação
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Percept Mot Skills
Ano de publicação:
1994
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Article