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Pictorial experience as a factor in the recognition of incomplete pictures
Author(s) -
Bentley A. M.,
Deregowski J. B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.2350010306
Subject(s) - zulu , psychology , social recognition , white (mutation) , developmental psychology , ethnic group , feature (linguistics) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , linguistics , anthropology , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , gene
The study investigated the effects of distinctive feature emphasis and familiarity with pictorial materials on the recognition of incomplete pictures of common objects in three cultural groups. Contrary to a familiarity hypothesis Kxoe Bushman pre‐school children were superior to both Zulu and white English‐speaking Sth African pre‐school children in recognizing fragmented pictures. Cultural differences were interpreted in terms of response strategies mediated by ecological and social variables. Children in each cultural group made effective use of distinctive features to aid recognition of fragmented pictures. The implications of these findings for the development of teaching materials were examined.