Investigating the Relationship Between Social and Spatial Cognitive Maps in Humans

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dc.contributor.advisorIaria, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorParmar, Jassleen
dc.contributor.committeememberLee, Kibeom
dc.contributor.committeememberEllard, John
dc.contributor.committeememberGodley, Jenny
dc.date2021-11
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-30T21:49:14Z
dc.date.available2021-07-30T21:49:14Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-22
dc.description.abstractThe present study aimed to understand the relationship between social and spatial cognitive maps. Speculation on Tolman’s original idea of a cognitive map suggests that cognitive maps are not exclusive to physical spaces and may instead include social spaces as well. Participants completed 5 social questionnaires, as well as 5 spatial tasks and the Santa Barbara Sense of Direction Scale. The results showed that participants who had more social competence, social capital, social support, and extraversion perceived themselves to be better at spatially navigating. However, their correlations with the objective spatial tasks showed that they were instead significantly poor at spatially navigating, but the effects were small. There was some discrepancy between the subjective and objective tasks and questionnaires. Overall, the results of this study show that there is a negative relationship between spatial navigation and the social questionnaires used.en_US
dc.identifier.citationParmar, J. (2021). Investigating the Relationship Between Social and Spatial Cognitive Maps in Humans (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39049
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113678
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectCognitive Mapen_US
dc.subjectSocial Cognitive Mapen_US
dc.subjectSpatial Cognitive Mapen_US
dc.subjectWayfindingen_US
dc.subjectSpatial Navigationen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Behavioralen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Cognitiveen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Socialen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Relationship Between Social and Spatial Cognitive Maps in Humansen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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