Cross-cultural similarities and differences in North Americans' geographic location judgments (2002)
| Venue: | and Language Influences on the Interpretation of Spatial Prepositions |
| Citations: | 5 - 1 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Friedman02cross-culturalsimilarities,
author = {Alinda Friedman and Dennis D. Kerkman and Norman R. Brown and David Stea and Hector M. Cappello},
title = {Cross-cultural similarities and differences in North Americans' geographic location judgments},
booktitle = {and Language Influences on the Interpretation of Spatial Prepositions},
year = {2002},
pages = {1054--1060}
}
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Abstract
We examined some potential causes of bias in geographic location estimates by comparing location estimates of North American cities made by Canadian, U.S., and Mexican university students. All three groups placed most Mexican cities near the equator, which implies that all three groups were influenced by shared beliefs about the locations of geographical regions relative to global reference points. However, the groups divided North America into different regions and differed in the relative accuracy of the estimates within them, which implies that there was an influence of culture-specific knowledge. The data support a category-based system of plausible reasoning, in which biases in judgments are multiply determined, and underscore the utility of the estimation paradigm as a tool in cross-cultural cognitive research.
Keyphrases
cross-cultural similarity north american geographic location judgment north american city cross-cultural cognitive research geographic location estimate geographical region category-based system mexican university student mexican city potential cause plausible reasoning north america location estimate estimation paradigm relative accuracy global reference point different region data support culture-specific knowledge
