Correlations between cognitive style and performance on the water-level task by female graduate students.
The present study examined the correlation between cognitive style measured by the Group Embedded Figures Test and performance on two water-level tasks by 16 female graduate students. The mean of the absolute deviation from the horizontal was used as the water-level task performance. As predicted, rho was -.49. Greater deviation on the water-level task was associated with low scores on the Group Embedded Figures Test, indicating field dependence.
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Psychology Department, Pace University, 41 Park Row, New York, NY 10038, USA. ssalbod@pace.edu
D000328:Adult; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D011340:Problem Solving; D012737:Sex Factors