The research on cognitive maps suggests that
a. peopleâ€"surprisinglyâ€"are just as accurate in reading a road map when it does not match the orientation of their mental map as when it has the same orientation.
b. people create cognitive maps from several successive views, if the area is very large.
c. individual differences in people's senses of direction are very small.
d. there is a very high correlation between people's verbal skills and their skills in creating cognitive maps.
Ans: b
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