>I'm looking through intro to psych books here and am running across >the >perception and culture section in the S&P chapter. I thought that >most of >has not been supported by recent research. The examples that I am >seeing >include the Turnbull (1961) in which the B Mbuti who live in the rain > >forest have problem with size consistency because they have never >seen far >distances because of the lack of open spaces; the Hudson (1960) study >which >asks people which item the man is shooting in the picture (Western >society >says the antelope and African cultures say baby elephant) and this is >due >to the African cultures having problems with monocular cues because >they >haven't seen flat images; and the Segall (1966) study that claims >people >who live in rounded houses do not show the Muller-Lyer illusions. > > It is also said that because African moms carry their babies tied to the back,the baby sees the back of mom's head.This early and constant perceptual experience somehow shapes children and adult perception of the world. The reversible figure (old woman/young woman) has been shown to be influenced by cultuire. Some Africans see rivers and some residents of the Mountain States see an Eagles nest. It wopuld be interesting to know if the children of Iraq have changing perceptions influenced by the current war. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
