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A basis for bias in geographical judgments (2002)
| Venue: | Psychonomic Bulletin & Review |
| Citations: | 7 - 6 self |
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@ARTICLE{Friedman02abasis,
author = {Alinda Friedman and Norman R. Brown and Aaron P. Mcgaffey},
title = {A basis for bias in geographical judgments},
journal = {Psychonomic Bulletin & Review},
year = {2002},
pages = {151--159}
}
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Abstract
To determine why North Americans tend to locate European cities south of North American cities at similar latitudes (Tversky, 1981), we had observers provide bearing estimates between cities in the U.S. and Europe. Earlier research using latitude estimates of these cities has indicated that each continent has several subjective regions (Friedman & Brown, 2000a). Participants judged cities from two subjectively northern regions (Milwaukee–Munich), two subjectively southern regions (Memphis–Lisbon), and the two “crossed ” regions (Albuquerque–Geneva; Minneapolis–Rome). Estimates were biased only when cities from the subjectively northern regions of North America were paired with cities from the subjectively southern region of Europe. In contrast to the view that biases are derived from distorted or aligned map-like representations, the data provide evidence that the subjective representation of global geography is principally categorical. Biases in numerical location estimates of individual cities and in bearing estimates between city pairs are derived from plausible reasoning processes operating on the same categorical representations. Geographical information can be biased at one level yet
Keyphrases
geographical judgment northern region several subjective region north america city pair milwaukee munich subjectively northern region albuquerque geneva european city numerical location estimate latitude estimate map-like representation north american city friedman brown categorical representation global geography southern region crossed region geographical information minneapolis rome memphis lisbon subjectively southern region subjective representation similar latitude north american earlier research individual city
