How specific are perceptual skills? A cross‐cultural study of pattern reproduction*

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Pattern reproduction tasks were presented in 4 different media to samples of urban Zambian and urban British [UK] schoolchildren. When the patterns were reproduced as wire models, the Zambian children excelled over the British. When the patterns were reproduced by drawing, the British children excelled over the Zambian. No reliable cross-cultural differences were found when the patterns were reproduced as plasticine models or as configurations of hand positions. Both cultural groups were equally adversely affected when required to perform the modeling tasks or the hand positions task blind-folded. Cross-cultural differences in performance of pattern reproduction tasks apparently reflect different sets of highly specific perceptual skills rather than differences on broader cognitive variables such as practical intelligence, field-dependency or sensotypes.

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