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Week 5
Slide 5
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Navigation in the Real World
The chapter takes a very cognitive psychology approach.
References Tolman's (1948) article that introduced the term "cognitive map"
Ignores other versions of cognitive maps (e.g., O'Keefe and Nadel, 1978; Gallistel, 1984)
Environmental schemata and models
- Schemata are good orienting guides, but are limited to specific environments
- A rough "hierarchy" for forming a cognitive map
- landmarks...
- routes...
- survey (i.e., cognitive map)
- Not strictly hierarchical; in some situations route more efficient than survey
- Does this give any sense of the authors' theoretical predispositions? What about other navigational mechanisms that we've discussed?