動作心像の言語的表出に関する発達的研究

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The present study was proposed to discu s s the developmental change of verbal representation of action imagery. Thirty 5-year-old, 30 six-year-old, 30 eight-year-old children and 30 college students took part in this study. Each subject was presented nine Sarbin's stick figures, and were asked to represent what a stick figure had in hands and what actions such figure had to do with things. According to Overton & Jackson (1973), the action imagery responses evoked by stick figures were classified into 3 types (ED/SD type, and Others) in terms of direction of the imagined actions. The main findings were as follows ; 1) College students represented more significantly in total number of imagery responses and the imagined actions than 5- and 6-year-old groups 2) SD responses decreased with increase of age and more expressed by type I figures than other types, 3) The younger age group showed less ED type responses by type I/III figures, 4) Generally, ED type responses were more expressed by type III figures. These findings were discussed from the viewpoints of Werner & Kaplan's distancing hypothesis.