Shepard and Meltzer's image rotation experiment was so ...

[JMatthes]

Shepard and Meltzer's image rotation experiment was so influential and important to the study of cognition because it demonstrated
 
  a. how easy mental rotation is for humans.
  b. that humans cannot successfully rotate mental images beyond 90 degrees.
  c. that humans can only perform mental rotation on real-world objects.
  d. imagery and perception may share the same mechanisms.

Question 2

Dominic is at a job interview sitting across from the company's CEO, Ms. Bing. While she takes a phone call, Dominic tries to recall her first name. Her business card is on the desk, but its orientation is not facing Dominic straight on. The business card has the initial of Ms. Bing's first name, so Dominic mentally rotates that initial letter into a straight-up orientation. For which angle (compared to the final straight-up orientation) would you predict Dominic would be fastest in identifying the initial?
 
  a. 30 degrees
  b. 60 degrees
  c. 90 degrees
  d. 180 degrees

[dmurph1496]

Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a