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Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1978
Description
Man lacks the cognitive capabilities by which to process
all the complex and detailed information of the environment,
yet is able to formulate a comprehensive notion of the
environment. The present study hypothesized that a cognitive
mechanism exists by which salient information is abstracted
and stored in memory. Subjects were required to
learn to discriminate among four sets of photographs of an
urban street scene, taken from four different locations
within an area of 150 square meters. An identification
test was administered either immediately or one week after
acquisition, using photographs from the acquisition set and
novel photographs taken from the same locations but at
different camera orientations. The results indicated that
subjects abstract a continuous schematic representation from
discrete photographic samples of the total scene. These
results suggest that man in a real-world situation remembers
a general, schematic concept of the environment, rather than
detailed, specific information.
all the complex and detailed information of the environment,
yet is able to formulate a comprehensive notion of the
environment. The present study hypothesized that a cognitive
mechanism exists by which salient information is abstracted
and stored in memory. Subjects were required to
learn to discriminate among four sets of photographs of an
urban street scene, taken from four different locations
within an area of 150 square meters. An identification
test was administered either immediately or one week after
acquisition, using photographs from the acquisition set and
novel photographs taken from the same locations but at
different camera orientations. The results indicated that
subjects abstract a continuous schematic representation from
discrete photographic samples of the total scene. These
results suggest that man in a real-world situation remembers
a general, schematic concept of the environment, rather than
detailed, specific information.
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76 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
13939
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Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
1978
Date Text
1978
Date Issued (EDTF)
1978
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FAU
FAU
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FADT13939
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monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Attributed name: Department of Geosciences
Person Preferred Name
SCHMELZKOPF, KAREN FRANCES.
Graduate College
Physical Description
76 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
FORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMATA
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Origin Information
1978
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
FORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMATA
Other Title Info
THE
FORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMATA