La Perception Des Relations Spatiales Dans Le Dessin Et Le Developpement Des Operations Concretes*

Abstract

Pictorial perception entails complex cognitive skdls. Piaget and Inhelder (1948) have shown that the understanding of spatial relations follows a path that leads from topological to Euclidean concepts. We hypothesize that there is a strong correlation between the performance on Piagetian spatial tasks and pictorial perception. The three-dimensional reconstruction of drawings is a good measure of pictorial perception. The study shows that pictorial perception is correlated significantly ( p c 1%) with the performance on Piagetian spatial tasks, and also, to a lesser degree, on tasks of elementary logic. The spontaneous understanding of the meaning of the pictures (in this case sanitary messages) is related to the understanding of spatial relations, while the relationship is less strong with the recall of the messages.La perception picturale implique une activiti cognitive complexe. Une image, fit-elle photographique, n'est jamais une copie de la rialiti * La rtalisation de cette etude a tJ possible p i c e B une subvention de la Fondation Nestle pour I'Alimentation dans le Monde. et du Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS, subside no. 1.048-0.79). La collaboration du Centre lvoirien #Etude et de Recherche en Psychologie Appliquh (CIERPA) de I'Universitt d'Abidjan nous a Ctt trts prkieuse. Nous remercions particulitrement M.M. Dcrnbelt Bartheltmy, Ettien Kan. N'guessan Assandt. Kabran Kouamb, Karnagatt Daouda et Koffi K. Ad@ d'avoir recueuilli les donntes. Les dessins utilids dans cette etude ont ttt rkalists par M. Franpois Minazio. M. Rudo Nierneyer, de I'African Studies Center de Leiden. a bien voulu nous aider dans I'analyse statistique des rtsultats. La prbsente version du texte a grandement bentlicit des discussions et des commentaires de M. le Prof. G. Jahoda, de M.M. Ch. Super et J. Berry. Adresse: E.H.A. Colomb, Institut de Physiologic, Universitt de Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 7. 1005 Lausanne. Suisse. 0020-7594/86/S3.50 0 1986. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland)

Real space and represented space: Cross-cultural perspectives

“…Nor would it be reasonable to postulate that that learning is of the "all-or-none" variety, a cue being either learned or not learned; it is more likely that cues are ranked in terms of their perceptual importance. This view of the relationship between real and represented space agrees with Colomb and Dasen's (1986) Piagetian work (Piaget & Inhelder 1956). Their studies of the Baoule show significant correlations between performance on spatial tasks -namely, construction by means of tokens of scenes shown in pictures (such as a football game that had to be reproduced by placing small figures of players on a model football field) -and comprehension of representational space in drawings of village life.…”