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Details for article 22 of 23 found articles
| Title: |
The Skill of Pictorial Perception: An Interpretation of Cross-Cultural Evidence |
| Author: |
Serpell, Robert Deregowski, Jan B. |
| Appeared in: |
International journal of psychology |
| Paging: | Volume 15 (1980) nr. 1-4 pages 145-180 |
| Year: |
1980 |
| Contents: |
A theoretical framework is proposed for understanding perceptual skills in their functional context. Pictorial perception is construed as a functionally specialised skill whose pervasive importance in modern education derives from the proliferation of pictorial materials in Western culture. Drawing on cross-cultural research, the major components of the skill are identified as (1) detection of appropriate contexts for its application, (2) selection of a limiting frame of reference, (3) use of conventional criteria of fidelity to recognise depicted items, (4) sensitivity to impoverished depth cues, (5) an expectation of finding in the picture most of the information necessary for its disambiguation, and (6) various assumptions about the range of cognitive inferences that may legitimately be made 'beyond the information given'. Training studies are interpreted as suggesting that the skill can be enhanced through guided experience. |
| Publisher: |
Psychology Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
Details for article 22 of 23 found articles
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