Cross-Cultural Differences in Cognitive Style,
Individualism/Collectivism and Map Reading between Central
European and East Asian University Students

J 2020

Cross-Cultural Differences in Cognitive Style, Individualism/Collectivism and Map Reading between Central European and East Asian University Students

LACKO, David; Čeněk ŠAŠINKA; Jiří ČENĚK; Zdeněk STACHOŇ; Wei-lun LU et al.

Basic information

Original name

Cross-Cultural Differences in Cognitive Style, Individualism/Collectivism and Map Reading between Central European and East Asian University Students

Authors

LACKO, David ; Čeněk ŠAŠINKA; Jiří ČENĚK ; Zdeněk STACHOŇ and Wei-lun LU

Edition

Studia Psychologica, Bratislava, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2020, 0039-3320

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

50103 Cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

Slovakia

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.850

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Yes

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/20:00114072

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

cognitive style; cross-cultural differences; categorization; individualism/collectivism; analytic/holistic

Abstract

In the original language

The article examines cross-cultural differences encountered in the cognitive processing of specific cartographic stimuli. We conducted a comparative experimental study on 98 participants from two different cultures, the first group comprising Czechs (N = 53) and the second group comprising Chinese (N = 22) and Taiwanese (N = 23). The findings suggested that the Central European participants were less collectivistic, used similar cognitive style and categorized multivariate point symbols on a map more analytically than the Asian participants. The findings indicated that culture indeed influenced human perception and cognition of spatial information. The entire research model was also verified at an individual level through structural equation modelling (SEM). Path analysis suggested that individualism and collectivism was a weak predictor of the analytic/holistic cognitive style. Path analysis also showed that cognitive style considerably predicted categorization in map point symbols.

Links

GC19-09265J, research and development project

Name: Vliv sociokulturních faktorů a písma na percepci a kognici komplexních zrakových podnětů (Acronym: ISOVIS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Cite

LACKO, David; Čeněk ŠAŠINKA; Jiří ČENĚK; Zdeněk STACHOŇ and Wei-lun LU. Cross-Cultural Differences in Cognitive Style, Individualism/Collectivism and Map Reading between Central European and East Asian University Students. Studia Psychologica. Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2020, vol. 62, No 1, p. 23-43. ISSN 0039-3320. Available from: https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2020.01.789.

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LACKO, David; Čeněk ŠAŠINKA; Jiří ČENĚK; Zdeněk STACHOŇ and Wei-lun LU. Cross-Cultural Differences in Cognitive Style, Individualism/Collectivism and Map Reading between Central European and East Asian University Students. \textit{Studia Psychologica}. Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2020, vol.~62, No~1, p.~23-43. ISSN~0039-3320. Available from: https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2020.01.789.

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