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Cole, Jason C.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Examines whether the type of pictorial stimulus affects the quality of an individual's written expression. Compared a pictorial stimulus to a conventional line drawing stimulus in its ability to evoke writing samples. Results of 50 respondents, ages 13 to 46, indicated that the type of prompt used in an assessment of written expression makes a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Cues, Expressive Language
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Kelly, Debbie M.; Bischof, Walter F. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2005
Adult humans searched for a hidden goal in images depicting 3-dimensional rooms. Images contained either featural cues, geometric cues, or both, which could be used to determine the correct location of the goal. In Experiment 1, participants learned to use featural and geometric information equally well. However, men and women showed significant…
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Cognitive Processes, Spatial Ability