This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Sinha, D. Articles by Shukla, P. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Deprivation and Development of Skill for Pictorial Depth Perception

Pushpa Shukla

Allahabad University (India)

The impact of familial deprivation on the acquisition of skill for pictorial depth perception was studied on two groups of 125 children each from Indian nurseries and orphanages, ranging in age from 3 to 61/2 years. Ss were required to judge distance by interpreting each of the six common pictorial cues depicted one at a time in a set of pictures. Analysis of mean scores revealed a clear developmental trend in both the groups. Intelligence was significantly correlated with the scores. With intelligence controlled, significant retarding effects of deprivation on the scores at the higher age levels but none at 3 to 4 years were found. Comparison of scores on each of the six cues revealed the same tendency. Lack of heterogeneity and absence of stimulation in orphanages had a general retarding influence on the development of the skill for pictorial depth perception.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 5, No. 4, 434-450 (1974)
DOI: 10.1177/002202217400500405


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				D. Sinha Cognitive and Psychomotor Skills in India: A Review of Research Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, September 1, 1979; 10(3): 324 - 355. [Abstract]