Tag: mental image

November 12, 2025 / Mohammed looti

SCHEMATIC IMAGE

Definition and Core Principles of the Schematic Image The concept of the schematic image refers to a highly efficient and abstracted mental representation of a physical object, category, or environmental setting. Crucially, this representation is not a photographically perfect recall of any single instance, but rather a synthesized depiction composed exclusively of that object’s most […]

November 6, 2025 / Mohammed looti

CONCRETE PICTURE

Introduction: Defining the Concrete Picture The concept of the concrete picture occupies a fundamental space within cognitive psychology, defining a specific type of mental representation or cognitive symbolization that is profoundly rooted in the tangible world. Fundamentally, this psychological construct refers to a mental image or representation directly derived from a specific, observable item, event, […]