Hierarchical Mazes in Psychological Research

Abstract

Abstract Hierarchical mazes have been used in psychology for more than 100 years. During this time many different maze tasks have been created and used to test cognitive processes and distinguish personality traits. Some of these mazes seem better than others to test different abilities. This article describes the most important mazes used in psychological research and the most important procedures used with these mazes. More than 20 different hierarchical mazes (including maze sets with more than 1 maze, e.g., those of Porteus and Elithorn) were analyzed and classified to different categories.