A Size–Distance Scaling Demonstration Based on the Holway–Boring Experiment

Autor:	Shawn P. Gallagher, Crystal L. Hoefling
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Subjective constancy Mathematics education College instruction Psychology Depth perception Social psychology Scaling General Psychology Education
Zdroj:	Teaching of Psychology. 40:212-216
ISSN:	1532-8023 0098-6283
DOI:	10.1177/0098628313487454
Popis:	We explored size–distance scaling with a demonstration based on the classic Holway–Boring experiment. Undergraduate psychology majors estimated the sizes of two glowing paper circles under two conditions. In the first condition, the environment was dark and, with no depth cues available, participants ranked the circles according to their angular sizes. In the second condition, the environment was illuminated and, with depth cues available, the students ranked the circles according to actual physical size. The demonstration replicated the key elements of the original experiment, and objective and subjective measures indicated that it improved understanding of size–distance scaling. We also describe variants of the experiment suitable for different instructional environments.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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