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burton19126 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Which of the following statements about cognitive mapping is correct?

a. Cognitive maps consistently use analog rather than propositional encoding.
b. The research on cognitive mapping is generally high in ecological validity.
c. Spatial cognition is a topic within cognitive mapping that deals exclusively with table-top models.
d. So far, almost all of the research on cognitive mapping has been confined to people's knowledge about the layout of college campuses.

Question 2

The research on cognitive maps suggests that

a. peoplesurprisinglya re just as accurate in reading a road map when it does not match the orientation of their mental map as when it has the same orientation.
b. people create cognitive maps from several successive views, if the area is very large.
c. individual differences in people's senses of direction are very small.
d. there is a very high correlation between people's verbal skills and their skills in creating cognitive maps.