DrRandazza Shows Participants a Stylized Map of a Fictitious City

question 137

Multiple Choice

Dr.Randazza shows participants a stylized map of a fictitious city.The map includes landmarks,such as a post office,a library,a shopping mall,a bus depot,and an airport.Some of the landmarks are close together,such as the library and the post office.Others are far apart,such as the airport and the shopping mall.Dr.Randazza removes the map.Participants are asked to imagine walking from one landmark to another,either a nearby one or a more distant one.Participants press a key when they have reached the destination in their minds.Based on mental imagery,what do you think Dr.Randazza should find? What would such a result say about mental imagery?

• A)Participants should take the same amount of time to travel mentally between distant as between close landmarks.This result would suggest that mental imagery reflects the actual actions the participants perform with respect to real objects.
• B)Participants should take the same amount of time to travel mentally between distant as between close landmarks.This result would suggest that mental imagery does not reflect the actual actions the participants perform with respect to real objects.
• C)Participants should take longer to travel mentally between distant than between close landmarks.This result would suggest that mental imagery reflects the actual actions the participants perform with respect to real objects.
• D)Participants should take longer to travel mentally between distant than between close landmarks.This result would suggest that mental imagery does not reflect the actual actions the participants perform with respect to real objects.

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Definitions:

Male Gametes

Reproductive cells produced by male organisms that fuse with female gametes during fertilization to form a zygote.

Egg Cell

The female reproductive cell or gamete involved in sexual reproduction, capable of developing into a new organism upon fertilization.

Polar Bodies

Small cells that are byproducts of the female meiosis process, which do not develop into oocytes.

Haploid Spores

Unicellular, reproductive cells with half the usual number of chromosomes, capable of developing into a new organism.