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The Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) explores the vividness of your visual imagination. MARKS, 1973
VVIQ Instructions
For each scenario, try to form a mental picture of the people, objects, or setting. Rate how vivid the image is using the 5 point scale. If you do not have a visual image, rate vividness as “1”. Only use “5” for images that are as lively and vivid as real seeing. The rating scale is as follows:
1. No image at all, I only know I am thinking of the object
2. Vague and dim
3. Moderately clear and vivid
4. Clear and reasonably vivid
5. Perfectly clear and as vivid as normal vision
Please note that there are no right or wrong answers to the questions and that it’s not necessarily desirable to experience imagery or, if you do, to have more vivid imagery.
- The exact contours of face, head, shoulders and body.
- Characteristic poses of head, attitudes of body, etc.
- The precise carriage, length of step, etc., in walking.
- The different colors of some familiar clothes.
- The sun rising above the horizon into a hazy sky.
- The sky clears and surrounds the sun with blueness.
- Clouds: a storm blows up with flashes of lightning.
- A rainbow appears.
- The overall appearance of the shop from the opposite side of the road.
- A window display including colours, shapes and details of individual items.
- You are near the entrance: the colour, shape and details of the door.
- Inside at the counter: the assistant serves you and money changes hands.
- The contours of the landscape (trees, mountains, lake).
- The colour and shape of the trees.
- The colour and shape of the lake.
- A strong wind blows on the trees and lake, causing waves.
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THE BUCKNELL AUDITORY IMAGERY SCALE
Vividness (BAIS-V)
The following scale is designed to measure auditory imagery, or the way in which you “think about sounds in your head.” For the following items you are asked to do the following: Read the item and consider whether you think of an image of the described sound in your head. Then rate the vividness of your image using the following
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 No Image Present at all Fairly Vivid As Vivid As The Actual Sound Vividness Rating
- 1. For the first item, consider the beginning of the song “Happy Birthday.” The sound of a trumpet beginning the piece._____
- 2. For the next item, consider ordering something over the phone. The voice of an elderly clerk assisting you._____
- 3. For the next item, consider being at the beach. The sound of the waves crashing against nearby rocks. _____
- 4. For the next item, consider going to a dentist appointment. The loud sound of the dentist’s drill.______
- 5. For the next item, consider being present at a jazz club. The sound of a saxophone solo.______
- 6. For the next item, consider being at a live baseball game. The cheer of the crowd as a player hits the ball._____
- 7. For the next item, consider attending a choir rehearsal. The sound of an all-children’s choir singing the first verse of a song. ______
- 8. For the next item, consider attending an orchestral performance of Beethoven’s Fifth. The sound of the ensemble playing. ______
- 9. For the next item, consider listening to a rain storm. The sound of gentle rain. ______
- 10. For the next item, consider attending classes. The slow-paced voice of your English teacher.______
- 11. For the next item, consider seeing a live opera performance. The voice of an opera singer in the middle of a verse.______
- 12. For the next item, consider attending a new tap-dance performance. The sound of tap-shoes on the stage.______
- 13. For the next item, consider a kindergarten class. The voice of the teacher reading a story to the children.______
- 14. For the next item, consider driving in a car. The sound of an upbeat rock song on the radio.______