Mental imagery and the relation to vocational interests

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Published: Oct 26, 2015

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Mario Antonio Lado
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
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Alfredo Campos
Vol. Extr., núm. 01 (2015) - XIII CIG-PP, XIII Congreso Internacional G-P de Psicopedagogía. Área 1: APRENDIZAJE, MEMORIA Y MOTIVACIÓN, pages 130-132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/reipe.2015.0.01.664
Submitted: Jun 15, 2015 Accepted: Aug 27, 2015 Published: Oct 26, 2015
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the ability to rotate mental images and vocational interests; we wanted to know whether there was a difference between high and low on the Measure of the Ability to Rotate Mental Images (MARMI), and between high and low on the Measure of the Ability to Form Spatial Mental Imagery (MASMI) in each of the vocational interests enunciated by Holland: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional. A t test for independent samples was carried out, and the results indicated that scores on both the MARMI as in the MASMI influenced the realistic, investigative, enterprising and conventional profiles. Additional scores only in the MASMI influenced the social profile. No influences were observed over other vocational profiles.

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Mental imagery, vocational interests, rotation of imagery

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