Field dependency: cognitive style or perceptual skill?
This study was designed to determine which information-processing elements are embodied in the Group Embedded Figures Tests as well as other representative measures of cognitive style. An alpha factoring method indicated the presence of two major factors. It was concluded that field-dependency primarily represents individual variation in perceptual preference patterns rather than the traditionally defined behavioral styles.
D000124:Achievement; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014796:Visual Perception