Abstract Of a Dissertation Submitted For the Submitted For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Psychology Entitled :
Efficacy of Perceptual Motor Learning and Visual and Auditory Working Memory among High and Low in Imagination among Females College Students .
The current Study aimed to Investigate the Correlational Relationships among the Variables of the Study , namely the Efficacy of Perceptual Motor Learning , the Components of Working Memory , and Imagination , Each Considered Separately . It Also Sought to Predict Imagination through Efficacy of Perceptual Motor Learning and both Visual and Auditory Working Memory , In Addition to Examining the Differences among Females College Students with High and Low Levels of Imagination in Efficacy of Perceptual Motor Learning and in Visual and Auditory Working Memory .
This study Sample Consisted of (200) Females College Students Whose Ages Ranged From ( 18 – 24 ) years . The Experimental Procedure was Conducted on (100) Participants Who Were Divided into two groups : the High Imagination group ( n =50 : Mean Age = 20,74 years : SD = 1,21 ) and the Low in Imagination group ( n =50 : Mean Age = 19, 96 years : SD = 0,75 ) .
The Following Tools Were Used : the Imagination Test , the Continuous Addition Test to Measure Auditory Working Memory , the Shape Locations Test to Measure Visual Working Memory , and Electronically Designed Perceptual Motor Learning Efficacy Program .
the Study Results Indicated : the Existence of Numerous Correlational Relationships among the Variables of the Study . the Results of the Simple Liner Regression Analysis Showed that the Visual Processing Model was able to Explain the Variance Occurring in Manifestations of Imagination among Participants with High Imagination Scores , While the Number of Maze Errors Model was able to Explain the Variance Occurring in Manifestations of Imagination among Participants with Low Imagination Scores . the Result also Revealed Statistically Significant Difference between the two Study Groups in some Variables , Such as the Auditory Recall Component , the total Score of Auditory Working Memory , the Visual Processing Component , the Number of Errors in the Maze task , and the time rate in the hollow pegboard task .
However , there were no Statistically Significant Difference between Participants with high and Low Imagination Scores in the auditory Processing Component , the total score of visual Working Memory , the total time for the maze , or the number of pegs dropped by Participants during the hollow pegboard task .