Assessment of Configurational Knowledge of Naturally- and Artificially-Acquired Large-Scale Space.
Abstract
We report on two studies designed to explore subjects' performance in learning and assessing knowledge of artificial and real world environments. Experiment (1) established norms for supporting materials used in Experiment (2) Subjects in Experiment 2 learned an artificial (computer based) environment that was either randomly or prototypically configured then performed several tasks intended to assess their configurational knowledge of the environment The results showed that subjects were able to derive configurational knowledge from either random or the prototypical condition. However, configurational knowledge was better in the random condition than in the prototypical condition. We also found that subjects' configurational knowledge was, in general, functionally similar to their knowledge of a real world environment. Assessment, Spatial filtering, Spatial reasoning.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA303456
Entities
People
- J. W. Regian
- Robert M. Yadrick
Organizations
- Armstrong Laboratory