ABSTRACT
Much recent attention has focused on the effects of writing on the development of higher thought processes such as conceptual thought, analysis, and reflection (Goody, 1968; Havelock, 1963,1982; Olson, Torrance, & Hildyard, 1985; Ong, 1982; Scribner & Cole, 1981; Stock, 1983; Street, 1984). Yet now, and since the middle of the 19th century, photographic (and later videographic) images are mediating and modifying long standing intellectual skills associated with writing. This chapter takes some steps in identifying and clarifying some of the ways pictorial images in the form of photographs, film, and television are changing concept use and development, mental image formation, and deductive reasoning.
