HONG-KONG CHINESE DIRECTION-OF-MOTION STEREOTYPES

Stereotypes for direction-of-motion between controls and displays were tested using a paper-and-pencil test. Three hundred and forty-five Ho ng Kong Chinese subjects of both sexes and from a broad range of backg rounds and ages were asked to indicate the control movement they would make to move a display dot in a given direction. Three types of contr ols and three different planes for the controls were used. The result indicates that there were some areas of agreement with Western stereot ypes, but the Hong Kong Chinese subjects used here also exhibited ster eotypes not found in Western subjects.