Abstract

Research into the cognitive style of Field Dependence-Independence (FDI) seems to be in a state of crisis. Firstly, FDI has always been conceived of as a style construct that could be distinguished from an ability construct, but the tests purported to measure this style, the Rod and Frame Test (RFT), the Embedded Figures Test (EFT), and the Hidden Figures Test show relationships with general intelligence and spatial ability factors (Goldstein and Blackman, 1978; McKenna, 1984; Vernon, 1972). Secondly, the RFT, EFT and HFT differ too much to be accepted as equivalent measures of FDI, (Ippel, 1981; Linn and Kyllonen, 1981). Witkin and Goodenough (1981) have acknowledged this finding and conceived FDI in their revised theory as a higher order factor.

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