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The Independence of Animal-Neutral and -Referential Environmental Properties

Thomas, Brandon J
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1470741055

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2016, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Psychology.
Three experiments were conducted to test the relationship between environmental properties taken with reference to an animal and their action capabilities (e.g., affordances) and those that are independent of an animal (e.g., metric properties). In all three experiments, participants provided reports of the maximum height they could reach above their head with a stick(s) (reach-with-stick height) and the sticks’ length (stick length), a property that is constituent of reach-with-stick height. In Experiment 1 reach-with-stick height reports improved over trials whereas stick length reports remained constant. In Experiments 2a and 2b, feedback about maximum reach-with-stick height improved perception of this affordance, but such improvements did not transfer to perception of stick length in a pretest/practice task/posttest design. The results suggest that perceiving animal-referential and animal-neutral properties may require the detection of different information.
Michael Riley, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Anthony Chemero, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Michael Richardson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
48 p.
Psychology
Affordance; Ecological Psychology; Perception; Transfer of Recalibration; Learning; Perceptual Organization

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  • Thomas, B. J. (2016). The Independence of Animal-Neutral and -Referential Environmental Properties [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1470741055

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Thomas, Brandon. The Independence of Animal-Neutral and -Referential Environmental Properties. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1470741055.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Thomas, Brandon. "The Independence of Animal-Neutral and -Referential Environmental Properties." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1470741055

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