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PREFERRED HANDEDNESS AS A FACTOR IN THE ABILITY TO FORM A SET BASED ON IMAGINAL SITUATIONS
Author(s) -
SCHWARTZ STEWART,
SPITZER GILBERT
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1965.tb00989.x
Subject(s) - psychology , set (abstract data type) , perception , imaginal disc , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , neuroscience , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , mutant , gene , programming language
An experimental study is summarized in which the ability to form a set based on imaginal situations was studied under two conditions: when the imaginal situation is in direct conflict with the preferred handedness of the individual, and when the imaginal situation conforms to the preferred handedness of the individual. A fixated set resulting from the imagined situation of handling objects differing in size manifested itself in the subjects' subsequent perception of objectively equal objects or balls as being unequal. Set was more readily established in those subjects whose handedness conformed with the imaginal situation.