EXP3604
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
COGLAB ASSIGNMENT #5:
NAME_______________________
MENTAL ROTATION
Your Results (you can print out and attach your graph from COGLAB or transcribe to
here):
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Discussion Questions:
(1) Do your results resemble those of Shepherd and Metzler (1971)? How does your rate of
rotation compare to that of their subjects?
(2) What would you predict about rate of rotation for letters of the alphabet, as opposed to the
random block shapes used by Shepherd & Metzler and the CogLab? Why?