When People Look at a 3-Dimensional Figure and Mentally Rotate

question 32

Multiple Choice

When people look at a 3-dimensional figure and mentally rotate this figure,

• A) they mentally rotate this figure much more quickly in a counter-clockwise direction, compared to a clockwise direction.
• B) individual differences are not very strong on this task.
• C) they make judgments more quickly when rotating the mental image only a small distance, rather than a large distance.
• D) people can actually identify a figure much more quickly if it is upside down, rather than in the normal upright orientation.

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