单词 | spatial ability |
释义 | > as lemmasspatial ability 4. Of faculty or sense: Apprehending or perceiving space or extension. spatial ability (Psychology), the measured aptitude for perceiving and comprehending relations involving space or extension. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > [adjective] > perceiving space spatial1886 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun] > perception of space spatial ability1962 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 54/1 (note) The sensibility of our ‘spatial sense’. 1886 H. Sidgwick Outl. Hist. Ethics i. 9 To investigate the origin of the spatial faculty. 1940 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (ed. 12) iii. 77 Spatial ability is the ability to grasp and use spatial relations. 1952 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Z. Lorenz King Solomon's Ring vii. 72 Only a few small passerines..possess enough ‘spatial intelligence’ to find their way through the windows and doors of a house. 1962 J. Tiffin Industr. Psychol. (rev. ed.) v. 158 The spatial ability tests showed the highest relative validity indexes for structural workers..and for some jobs for which such indexes would not be expected. 1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. xi. 141 Although spatial and non-verbal intelligence tests do not give a good prediction to success at grammar school, they do predict well to success at technical colleges. 1977 Psychol. Abstr. LVIII. 813/2 Factor analysis of the intercorrelation matrices for 14 variables yielded the same 4 factors in each group for space perception and spatial ability. < as lemmas |
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