Outward location bias in selective perception

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1971
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This study seeks to identify a dimension of outward location bias in visual selective perception, to develop valid measures of this bias, and to measure the extent to which this bias can be predicted by measures of field-independence, intelligence, and creativity. Persons demonstrating outward location bias are defined as those responding to relatively outwardly located visual cues in two-dimensional displays. The five tests developed require different types of responses, such as cancelling letters and checking-off lists of items after viewing slides. The sample consisted of 375 grade eight boys and girls in two Calgary junior high schools. The tests were found to be reliable. Four of them presented problems of interpretation, since the effects of responding to centrally or inwardly located cues were difficult to overcome. Their intercorrelations were low. A multivariate stepdown regression analysis permitted the conclusion that the scores on the test battery could be predicted from nonverbal measures of cognitive functioning, as hypothesized, though not for all the predictor tests used. Two supplementary conclusions are that the relations found tend to be task-specific, and that outward location bias cannot be adequately considered in isolation from other stimulus and subject characteristics, for example, the role of verbalization in responding to nonverbal cues. Implications are cited for the understanding of the relations between perceptual and intellectual variables, and for the design of instructional materials and settings.
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Bibliography: p. 148-159.
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Shore, B. M. (1971). Outward location bias in selective perception (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/15550
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