The Effect of Ability,Colour and Form on Children's Perceptions of Biological Pictures |
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| Authors: | DJ Reid M Beveridge P Wakefield |
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| Institution: | Department of Education , University of Manchester |
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| Abstract: | abstract This study investigates the extraction of information by 13 and 14 year old children (n= 120) from four different pictures displaying ecological topics. The pictures were reproduced as coloured or monochrome and photographs or line drawings. The children perceived significantly more from photographs than from line drawings and from coloured than from monochrome pictures, even after the exclusion of colour‐specific items. The results are discussed with reference to the role of colour in enhancing figure‐ground quality and the effect of colour as a distractor. Evidence is also presented which suggests that the higher scores made with photographs are related to the general ability of the child. This result is discussed in terms of the possible motivational and cognitive effects of complex pictures. |
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