Models of Psychological Space: Psychometric, Developmental, and Experimental Approaches

ISBN-13: 9781461291565 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 203 str.

John Eliot; Heinrich Stumpf

Opis

Models of Psychological Space begins the reformulation of the construct of psychological space by bringing together in one volume a sampling of theoretical models from the psychometric, developmental, and experimental approaches. The author also discusses five general issues which cut across these three approaches; namely, age-related differences, sex-related differences, trainability, imagery, processing solutions, and the effect of stimulus dimensionality upon spatial performance. Models of Psychological Space provides an overview of a significant construct which has many researchable ideas, and which should be of interest to scholars from a wide range of disciplines.

Spis treści

1 Characteristics of Psychological Space.- 2 Some Philosophical Ideas About Space.- 3 The Psychometric Approach.- Phase 1: 1904–1938.- Phase 2: 1938–1961.- Phase 3: 1961–Present.- Issues.- 4 The Developmental Approach.- Phase 1: 1900–1960.- Phase 2: 1960–1974.- Phase 3: 1974–Present.- Issues.- 5 The Experimental Approach.- Sensory-Perceptual Space.- Imagery.- Association.- Issues.- 6 Themes and Recollections.- References.- Author Index.