Direction-of-motion stereotypes between controls and displays were tested using a paper-and-pencil test. Yunnan Province Chinese subjects of both sexes and from a wide range of ages and backgrounds were asked to indicate the lever-control movement (3 different planes) they would make to move a display dot in a given direction. Although there were similarities between Western and Chinese stereotypes, the Chinese had a more complex pattern of responses than Western subjects and exhibited some response preferences not generally found among Western subjects.
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