Prestopnik, J.L. & B. Roskos-Ewoldsen, 2000, The relations among wayfinding strategy use, sense of direction, sex, familiarity, and wayfinding, in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 20,
- Author : Prestopnik, J.L. & B. Roskos-Ewoldsen
- Year : 2000
- Journal/Series : Journal of Environmental Psychology
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 20
- Pages : 177-191
- Contents in English : Wayfinding ability was studied in reference to sense of direction (SOD), familiarity with the environment, reported wayfinding strategy use and sex. Studies have found that both familiarity with an environment and one’s sense of direction are directly related to wayfinding ability. Further, the type of strategy one tends to use when navigation an environment was found to be related to wayfinding ability. Survey strategy use predicted wayfinding ability in a task involving pointing to unseen targets, whereas route strategy use did not. Finally, the results concerning sex differences in wayfinding ability yielded conflicting results. Regression analyses revealed the response latency was predicted by SOD and accuracy was predicted by sex and familiarity.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: wayfinding, familiarity, sense of direction (SOD), familiarity, sex differences.