Cross-cultural study of factors influencing orientation errors in the reproduction of Kohs-type figures.
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.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003210:Concept Formation; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012606:Scotland