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Pictorial Depth Perception of Papua New Guinean Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Leo Marai
Leo Marai*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology & Philosophy University of Papua New Guinea
*
Department of Psychology and Philosophy, University of Papua New Guinea, Box 320, University Post Office, NCD, Papua New Guinea
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Abstract

Twenty male and five female undergraduates were assessed in a study designed to test for three dimensional pictorial perception in a Papua New Guinea sample. A version of Hudson's (1960) and Deregowski's (1968) test stimuli was used; the stimuli were slightly modified to make them culturally appropriate. The major result of the study was a finding of consistent sex differences in pictorial depth perception. Males tended to perceive three dimensionally while females tended to perceive two dimensionally.

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South Pacific Journal of Psychology , Volume 4 , 1991 , pp. 11 - 14
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Copyright © University of Papua New Guinea & University College of Central Queensland 1991

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