Processing Differences in Relations between Ability and Field-Independence

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ID13660478
AuthorsBruce M Shore (0000-0003-4384-1857, McGill University, corresponding author), Judidale Hymovitch (McGill University), Susanne Lajoie (0000-0003-2814-3962, McGill University), Susanne P Lajoie (McGill University)
Year1982
Volume50
Issue2
Pages391-395
Publication date1982-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1982.50.2.391
OpenAlexW1989519434
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

Scores on 21 tests of field-independence and convergent and divergent thinking from 375 adolescents were correlated and factor analyzed. Significant small to moderate correlations of ability and field independence were noted. Boys possibly used spatial cues directly on tasks of field-independence scores and girls verbal skills to transform the tasks to areas of their cognitive strength. Scores were interpreted as style not sex differences. A new look at test performance was proposed in terms of adapting tests to one's strengths in addition to accommodating to the demands of tests in the consideration of cognitive flexibility

Cognition · Cognitive flexibility · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive style · Developmental psychology · Field (mathematics · Field dependence · Flexibility (engineering · Independence (probability theory · Spatial Ability · Statistics · Test (biology · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences · Mathematics · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Psychology · Social Psychology

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