Unraveling Coherence: The Impact of Image-Relatedness in Concept Learning

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL Applied Cognitive Psychology Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI:10.1002/acp.70054

Tristan H. S. de Jonge, Anna Berti, Sanne van Schijndel, Margot van Wermeskerken, Ellen Kok

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The coherence principle suggests removing unnecessary—or seductive—content from educational texts to reduce cognitive load. However, the binary proposition that all seductive details should be excluded neglects images' potential to prime semantically related concepts, which makes texts easier to process. It was hypothesized that this priming would cause at least tangentially related images to enhance processing and recall of concepts. Participants learned 24 concepts under four conditions: direct depictions, tangentially related and unrelated images, and no image. Participants' fixation durations on concepts, their complementing sentences and images, and recall performance were measured. Multilevel models revealed that coherence effects were only present for unrelated images and that images that are at least tangentially related facilitated learning. These effects were unaffected by participants' familiarity with concepts. The study concludes that semantically related images may outweigh their cognitive load, suggesting that educators should consider their priming potential when designing instructional materials.

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揭示连贯性：图像关联在概念学习中的影响

连贯性原则建议从教育文本中删除不必要或诱惑性的内容，以减少认知负荷。然而，所有诱人的细节都应该被排除在外的二元命题忽略了图像启动语义相关概念的潜力，这使得文本更容易处理。据推测，这种启动至少会引起与概念有切线关系的图像，从而增强对概念的处理和回忆。参与者在四种情况下学习了24个概念：直接描述，切线相关和不相关的图像，以及没有图像。测量了参与者对概念、补充句子和图像的固定时间以及回忆表现。多层次模型显示，连贯效应只出现在不相关的图像上，而至少有切线相关的图像促进了学习。这些影响不受参与者对概念熟悉程度的影响。该研究得出结论，语义相关的图像可能超过他们的认知负荷，这表明教育者在设计教学材料时应该考虑他们的启动潜力。

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Applied Cognitive Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

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4.30

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8.30%

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111

期刊介绍： Applied Cognitive Psychology seeks to publish the best papers dealing with psychological analyses of memory, learning, thinking, problem solving, language, and consciousness as they occur in the real world. Applied Cognitive Psychology will publish papers on a wide variety of issues and from diverse theoretical perspectives. The journal focuses on studies of human performance and basic cognitive skills in everyday environments including, but not restricted to, studies of eyewitness memory, autobiographical memory, spatial cognition, skill training, expertise and skilled behaviour. Articles will normally combine realistic investigations of real world events with appropriate theoretical analyses and proper appraisal of practical implications.