Imagery and Verbalization as Mediators in Tactual-Visual Information Processing
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 36 (3) , 815-822
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1973.36.3.815
Abstract
The use of imagery and verbalization as mediators in a tactual-visual (TV) matching task was studied by means of Ss' reports and correlations with independent measures of imagery and verbal ability. Ss' reports indicated that 80% of the sample of 50 4th-grade boys used imagery, 62% used verbalization, and 58% used both mediators in performing the TV task. The correlation between the TV test and an Imagery Index was low but significant, whereas no relationship was found with a Verbal Index. Ss' reports indicated that both imagery and language are involved in “cross-modal equivalence” and that which process predominates depends on stimulus and task characteristics.Keywords
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