Research on the Cognitive Ability to Manipulate Mental Images Indicates

question 106

Multiple Choice

Research on the cognitive ability to manipulate mental images indicates that:

• A) the greater the distance between two points on the mental image, the less time it will take to scan.
• B) the greater the distance between two points on the mental image, the more time it will take to scan.
• C) the shorter the distance between two points on the mental image, the more time it will take to scan.
• D) there is no relationship between the size of a mental image and the amount of time it takes to mentally scan it.

---

Definitions:

Affirming Consequent

A logical fallacy where the conclusion is erroneously inferred from the premise in the form "If A, then B; B, therefore A."

Fallacy

A flaw in the process of thought that results in an argument being invalid or not solidly reasoned.

Affirming Consequent

A logical fallacy where one assumes that because the consequent is true, the antecedent must also be true; it's a flawed argument in conditional reasoning.

Antecedent

The conditional clause that represents the if-part in a conditional statement, where its truth logically necessitates the truth of the consequent.