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Cross‐cultural study of factors influencing orientation errors in the reproduction of Kohs‐type figures
Author(s) -
Jahoda Gustav
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1978.tb01631.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , orientation (vector space) , social psychology , task (project management) , developmental psychology , cross cultural , cognitive psychology , geometry , mathematics , management , neuroscience , sociology , anthropology , economics
The aim of the study was to examine pattern difficulty as a general factor influencing orientation errors, and to explore psychological differentiation and task perception as variables accounting for cross‐cultural differences. Samples of 30 boys and 30 girls in Ghana and Scotland were tested with a specially devised apparatus under two treatment conditions. Results confirmed the effect of pattern difficulty, but the extent of psychological differentiation was only indirectly related to orientation errors. Variations in the manner subjects perceived the nature of the task appeared as a major determinant of cross‐cultural differences.