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Kitchin, Rob (1995) Investigating the cognitive strategies of spatial thought. Swansea Geographer, 32. pp. 71-78. ISSN 0081-9980
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This paper investigates the different ways in which people think about geographical tasks. Individuals were interviewed whilst they tried to complete two of four different tests to try and discover the strategies of thought they were using. This was followed by a debriefing interview where respondents could express their feelings and judgments concerning the tests. Many strategies of thought were found to exist. These can be divided into common thoughts, concerning geographical knowledge, or task-specific thoughts, constrained by the nature of the task. This paper explores the common strategies of geographic, or spatial thought.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | cognitive strategies; spatial thought; geographical tasks; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA |
| Item ID: | 7249 |
| Depositing User: | Prof. Rob Kitchin |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2016 14:10 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Swansea Geographer |
| Publisher: | Geographical Society, University College of Swansea |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/7249 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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