Suppose that researchers are studying mental rotation,
and they are comparing the performance of one group of people who are deaf and are fluent in American Sign Language and a second group of people who are not deaf and have had no experience with American Sign Language. Which of the following patterns of results would you be most likely to find, with respect to mental rotation?
a. The individuals who are deaf would be more skilled, because auditory information would not interfere with their performance.
b. The individuals who are deaf would be more skilled, because they are accustomed to seeing hand positions from a different perspective.
c. The individuals who are not deaf would be more skilled, because they have extra clues from the auditory information that accompanies hand movement.
d. The individuals who are not deaf would be more skilled, because they have had extra practice "translating" auditory stimulation into changes in visual images.
Ans: b
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