Perky's experiment, in which participants were asked to project visual images of common objects onto a screen, showed that
a. imagery and perception are two different phenomena.
b. imagery and perception can interact with one another.
c. there are large individual differences in people's ability to create visual images.
d. creating a visual image can interfere with a perceptual judgment task.
Question 2Perky's imagery study (1910) had participants describe images of objects that were dimly projected onto a screen. The significance of Perky's results was that
a. screen images interfered with people's ability to form mental images.
b. people were influenced by the projected images when forming their mental images, even when they were unaware that the projected images were present.
c. the screen images had no effect on people's mental images.
d. people used the screen images to create their mental images but only when the objects were unfamiliar.
Question 3Suppose that, as a participant in an imagery study, you are asked to memorize the four outside walls of a three-story rectangular house. Later, you are asked to report how many windows are on the front of the house. You will probably be fastest to answer this question if you create an image as though you were standing
a. right at the front door.
b. two feet from the front door.
c. at the far side of the front yard, away from the house.
d. one mile away from the house.
Question 4Kosslyn concluded that the image field is limited in size. This conclusion was drawn from the experiment.
a. image scanning
b. mental walk
c. mental synthesis
d. mental set