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.