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PSYCHOLOGY
PERCEPTION
Hudson’s study
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How does culture affect perception?
Social
world we live in affects what our
senses
pick up.
What was the aim of this study?
To find out whether different cultures perceive
depth cues
in
2D images
differently
.
What was the method of this study?
Showed
2D
drawings to
black and white
children
, schooled and
unschooled
.
Children were asked which is nearer:
man
,
elephant
, or
antelope
?
What were the results of this study?
Black
and
white
schooled
ppts
more likely to perceive
depth
than
unschooled
ppts.
White schooled ppts more likely to perceive depth than black schooled ppts.
What can be concluded from this study?
Different cultures use
depth cues
differently, so have different
perceptual set
.
What is a negative evaluation of this study?
Cross-cultural research
.
Language differences could have made
method
used unclear, so
validity
is affected.
What is another negative evaluation of this study?
Problems with the
method
.
The way the pictures were represented on paper may have confused ppts, affecting
findings
.