Two important cognitive systems a person has are a person’s visual
and verbal systems which are two very basic ways that individuals are able to
express themselves to others. These two
systems allow individuals to both create word and visual images in order to
communicate thoughts with other individuals. In the verbal system a person is
able to create words, portray thoughts, sequence words together in order to communicate
with other people. In the visual system
the system is more sensory based, relying on holistic, emotional, personal, and
fantasy-based information or images.
This system though being called visual is not just about seeing it’s
also about sounds and touch. This paper
is going to compare and contrast verbal and visual imagery, provide an argument
of which is considered more important by the author, and provide justification
of the argument with research.
Verbal and Visual Imagery
For cognitive functioning to work in most individuals they must
use imagery as well as verbal systems together. According to Mzoughi and
Abdelhak (2011), most people uses both verbal and visual together though some
people may be better at one or the other.
Some individuals may be better visually and be considered better
visualizers while others are better verbally and considered better verbalizers.
Since language came out of a need for communication with other people in verbal
systems it is more concerned with factual demands that are made of individuals
in reality which must be addressed by the individual or others. Verbal systems
tend to involve a person thinking in more linear, factual, and conceptual ways.
Verbal systems require a conscious control since a person is sequencing words
into sentences so that communication with others can take place (Shergill,
Bullmore, Brammer, Willams, Murray, & McGuire, 2001).
Imagery systems are different in that it deals more in sensory,
holistic, fantasy-based emotional, and personal (Gregory, 2010). Images that a
person views more easily arouse a person’s senses so the person is not only
seeing images they are having sensations that go with the images which affect
the individual through sound and touch. The individual’s mind will react to the
images that they are viewing quickly arousing emotions and memories in a person
since images more than words are the stuff of imagination, fantasy, and
symbolism (Gregory, 2010). Images are influenced through a person’s unconscious
which can be seen through the dreams of a person as well as the fact that
individuals in infancy process their world through images long before the
person learns to use language.
Argument of Importance
It is the opinion of the author that when it comes to the importance
of one or the other while both are important to a person’s cognitive
functioning visual may be slightly more important. A person uses both visual
and verbal daily in life and in combination with one another in order to
function and communicate. Some individuals
can be more verbal while others can be more visual. According to Gregory (2010), individuals are
able to visual and take in information before they are ever able to speak and
use language. Being an infant all
processes for the individual are visual, they see images and react to the
information that they are seeing. Visual imagery evokes emotion in a person it
allows for specific recall of memories, it allows individuals to express
themselves more vividly then they would be able to without it. According to Gregory (2010), the word tree in
a sentence is meaningless if a person has never seen a tree but having seen the
tree means the person is more able to vividly describe the tree and create an
image through the use of words of the tree.
Conclusion
Two important cognitive systems a person has are a person’s visual
and verbal systems which are two very basic ways that individuals are able to
express themselves to others. These two
systems allow individuals to both create word and visual images in order to
communicate thoughts with other individuals. In the verbal system a person is
able to create words, portray thoughts, sequence words together in order to
communicate with other people. In the
visual system the system is more sensory based, relying on holistic, emotional,
personal, and fantasy-based information or images. This system though being called visual is not
just about seeing it’s also about sounds and touch. This paper compared and contrasted verbal and
visual imagery, provided an argument of which is considered more important by
the author, and provided justification of the argument with research.
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