Wayfinding by children and adults
Response to instructions to use look-back and retrace strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786468 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward H Cornell (University of Alberta, corresponding author), C Donald Heth, Wanda L Rowat |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 328-336 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.28.2.328 |
| OpenAlex | W2066132453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
The wayfinding abilities of 6- and 12-year-old children ware compared with those of 22-year-old adults. After their 1st walk across a university campus, participants were asked to lead the way back along the same route. Participants in 2 conditions (look back and retrace) were given instructions intended to prevent wandering, whereas those in a 3rd (uninstructed) condition were only told that they were going on a tour. A series of instructions to look back at the return path increased subsequent travel on route by the 2 older age groups. Instruction to monitor the familiarity of landmarks and to stop and retrace to a known portion of the path when feeling unsure did not effectively reduce travel off route. In general, wayfinding performance by 12-year-old children did not reliably differ from that of 22-year-old adults
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Categorization, perception, and language · Child and Animal Learning Development · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2006 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |