The perception of Filipino children on spatial objects

Date of Publication

1994

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Abstract/Summary

This is a descriptive-comparative study which aimed to test the hypotheses that subjects belonging to different culture, age and school location have different perception on spatial objects. Through purposive sampling, 221 Filipino children from ages 8, 10, and 12 coming from three (3) different middle-class co-ed schools in Metro Manila: Sto Nino de Novaliches School (North) St. Ann Academy (Center) Las Piñas College (South) participated in the study. They were asked to answer a test questionnaire based from the Japanese-French Comparative Study on Cultural Sensibility and Cognitive Development about Spatial Objects fulfilling two(2) tasks. The first task was to rank the spatial objects using four dimensions namely: a) favorableness, b) beauty, c) calmness, d) strangeness. The second task was to make inferential judgments using the semantic differential technique. Results of the study were analyzed by getting the percentage of the subjects' rankings for Task 1 and their ratings for Task 2. It was found out that children belonging to ages 10 and 12 have a more distinct and dominant perception than the 8 year olds which were then related to Piaget's stages of development. However, the responses based on school location revealed no significant findings. The Filipino children have a different perception on the spatial objects presented as compared with the Japanese and French. Based on the above results, the factors of culture, age, and school location were discussed.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU06328

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

77 numb. leaves ; Computer print-out.

Keywords

Perception; Children, Filipino; Spatial behavior; Figure-ground perception

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