Cognitive Styles in Reflective, Impulsive, and Hyperactive Boys and Their Mothers

1973 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 747-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan B. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
School Problems ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity

10 reflective and 10 impulsive boys were compared with 10 hyperactive boys on measures of reflection-impulsivity and field dependence-independence. These reflective boys were more field-independent than the impulsive and hyperactive ones. However, the hyperactive and impulsive Ss did not differ on either cognitive style measure, suggesting that the school problems of this hyperactive group cannot be explained in terms of inefficient cognitive strategies. Mothers' cognitive styles were also assessed. Although there were no group differences, mothers with low error scores on the measure of reflection-impulsivity were more field-independent, suggesting that these styles may be related in adults.

Role of Cognitive Style Constructs Field Dependence-Independence and Reflection-Impulsivity in Skill Acquisition

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Swinnen ◽  
Joost Vandenberghe ◽  
Erik Van Assche
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity

This study sought to determine the relationships between the cognitive styles field dependence-independence and reflection-impulsivity and the acquisition of a gross motor skill in an unstructured learning environment. In reference to the first cognitive style construct, it was hypothesized that field-independent subjects perform better than field-dependent subjects because they provide organization when the material to be learned lacks structure, leading them to rely on their analyzing and restructuring ability. The second construct refers to cognitive inhibition required for response uncertainty tasks as well as motor impulse inhibition. Subjects (57 boys, 65 girls) were 13-year-old junior high school students. Several visual perceptual tests were administered and gymnastic performance scores were measured at pretest, during the learning session, and posttest. The hypothesis that field-independent subjects are more successful in an unstructured learning environment than field-dependent subjects was confirmed for boys only. The correlations between the reflection-impulsivity variables and gymnastic performance were generally low, and no support could be found for the hypothesis that reflective subjects are more successful in learning the skill than impulsive subjects.

Field Dependence and the Differentiation of Affective States

1981 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine R. Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Normal Female ◽  
Cognitive Symptoms ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Field Dependent

SummaryThe extent to which anxiety, irritability and depression were differentiated as separate entities associated with characteristic patterns of somatic and cognitive symptoms by field dependent (FD) and field independent (Fl) normal female subjects was studied with the Hidden Figures Test and Unpleasant Emotions Questionnaire. In the Fl group the correlations between the three emotions were low and non-significant, reflecting a clear-cut differentiation in symptom configuration, as shown by psychiatrists. In the FD group the inter-correlations were significant and positive, corresponding to relatively poor symptom differentiation, comparable to that of a psychiatric patient group. This suggests that the cognitive style variable of field dependence may underly differences in symptom differentiation associated with psychiatrist/patient differences and, more generally, with social class and sex differences.

Developmental Perception and Cognitive Styles: From Young Children to Master Artists

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 983-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosslyn Gaines
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Developmental Theory ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Perceptual Skills ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
The Relationship

The perceptual skills and cognitive styles of 30 master artists are compared to those of non-artist groups of different ages, beginning with 84 kindergarten children, and including an adult comparison group of 32. Criteria for master artists were first, handcrafted productions; second, major economic support derived from their art; third, shows in museums or good galleries; and fourth, positive peer evaluation. The test battery contained one intelligence test, two vision tests, three perceptual-discrimination measures, and five perceptual-cognitive style measures. Results show artists are significantly more flexible, accurate, variable, and field independent than all other groups. Artists, non-artist adults, and young children (60 high school sophomores, 60 children in Grade 5, 84 kindergarteners) each have differing cognitive styles. The relationship between cognitive style and artists' and non-artists' instrumental competency is discussed. Last, the extensive differences between artists' and children's performances are discussed in terms of developmental theory.

The Role of Field Dependent/Independent Styles in Learning and Teaching

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia N. Saracho
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Early Childhood Classroom ◽  
Intellectual Style ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Intellectual Styles

Cognitive style identifies the ways individuals react to different situations. They include stable attitudes, preferences, or habitual strategies that distinguish the individual styles of perceiving, remembering, thinking, and solving problems. Individuals dynamically process and modify incoming information, organizing recent knowledge and assimilating it within the memory structure. This method adds to the individual’s intellectual development and extends the range of cognitive abilities that have been increasing throughout life. Zhang and Sternberg (2005) proposed a Threefold Model of Intellectual Styles in which they defined “intellectual styles” as individuals’ selected methods of processing information and dealing with tasks. They also stated that “intellectual style” is an all-encompassing term for different style constructs, including cognitive style, learning style, thinking style, and teaching style. The nature of styles and strategies provide information about children’s cognitive styles. This information can be used to improve (1) learning activities provided to children, (2) the teaching of children, and (3) children’s learning in school. One dimension of cognitive style is field dependence versus independence (FDI), which describes the individual’s way of perceiving, remembering, and thinking as they apprehend, store, transform, and process information. It distinguishes between field dependent (FD) and field independent (FI) students in a classroom situation, their learning behaviors, social situations and how FDI influences in the early childhood classroom, including. The cognitive styles’ characteristics define the individual’s way of understanding, thinking, remembering, judging, and solving problems. An individual’s cognitive style determines the cognitive strategies that are applied in a variety of situations and need to be considered when teaching students. Some teaching strategies and materials may increase or decrease achievement and learning based on the students’ cognitive styles. Thus, FDI cognitive styles have implications for teaching and learning

scholarly journals The effect of problem based learning by cognitive style on critical thinking skills and student retention

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Syamsul Arifin ◽  
Punadji Setyosari ◽  
Cholis Sa’dijah ◽  
Dedi Kuswandi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Student Retention ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Field Dependent

The purpose of this research is to compare the effectiveness of learning models to develop student critical thinking skills and retention in mathematics through the application of Problem Based Learning (PBL) models and multimedia assisted Direct Instruction (DI) models for students who have different cognitive styles. This research is quasi-experimental type, using non-equivalent control group design. Subject of this research are students in three different senior high school with two class samples in each school. There are 102 students of control class with Direct Instruction learning model by multimedia and 97 students of experiment class with Problem Based Learning model. The instrument of this research are test and questionnaires. The findings of this research are that there are significant differences in student critical thinking skills and retention between groups of student with Field Dependent (FD) and Field Independent (FI) cognitive styles and also between group of student with Direct Instruction model and Problem Based Learning model. Each learning model has interaction with critical thinking skills but not student retention. This research is useful for educators to develop students critical thinking skills processes with an effective learning model approach especially for senior high school students. The educators can know the interaction of cognitive styles with student retention, the extent to which cognitive styles are able to have an impact on student retention. This research provides knowledge an effective learning model to develop critical thinking skills and retention of student both Field Dependent and Field Independent cognitive style. Based on cognitive style, Field Independent students have higher retention and critical thinking skills compared to Field Dependent students.

COGNITIVE STYLE PERFORMANCE AND FORM DISCRIMINATION

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen M. Vaught ◽  
Paul A. Roodin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Active Touch ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Form Discrimination ◽  
Female College ◽  
Passive Touch ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Field Dependent

Forty-two male and 42 female college students were subdivided into field independent, medium, and field dependent identity groups and matched for sex. Each subject was given 24 active and 24 passive touch form discrimination trials. The results showed that active touch form discrimination yielded fewer errors than passive touch and that females were better form discriminators than males. The interaction between field dependence, form discrimination and sex showed that in contrast to field independent subjects, field dependent males made more form discrimination errors while females improved. This interaction is discussed in relation to the field dependence literature.

scholarly journals Field Dependence-Independence in Second-Language Acquisition: Some Forgotten Aspects

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 32-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Tinajero ◽  
Fernanda Páramo
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Cognitive Components ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Z Scores

This study examined the role of sex and intelligence in the relationship between field dependence-independence and second language acquisition for a sample of 383 students (187 girls and 196 boys) aged between 13 and 16. The Portable Rod and Frame Test (PRFT) and the Embedded Figures Test (EFT) were used to evaluate cognitive style. A two-way covariance analysis, with intelligence as the covariate, was employed to investigate differences in second language achievement between students classified as either field-dependent or field-independent. A cluster analysis using z scores was examined to study the performance of subjects classified as either field-dependent or field-independent according to scores obtained on the EFT and the PRFT (“coincident” subjects) and those classified as field-dependent in one test and field-independent in the other (“non-coincident” subjects). No statistically significant differences between the two groups were obtained when cognitive style was defined by scores on the PRFT. When field dependence-independence was measured by scores on the EFT, field-independent girls performed better than field-dependent girls (p < .005), but this outcome was not observed for boys. These results suggest a differential contribution of the “perceptive” and “cognitive” components of field dependence-independence and a modulating role by sex.

Can cognitive structure outcomes reveal cognitive styles? A study on the relationship between cognitive styles and cognitive structure outcomes on the subject of chemical kinetics

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 746-754
Author(s):  
Elif Atabek-Yigit
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Chemical Kinetics ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Field Dependency ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Figure Test ◽  
Flow Map ◽  
The Given ◽  
The Relationship

Determination of the relationship between individuals’ cognitive styles and cognitive structure outcomes was the main aim of this study. Sixty-six participants were enrolled in the study and their cognitive styles were determined by using the Hidden Figure Test (for their field dependent/independent dimension of cognitive style) and the Convergent/Divergent Test (for their convergence/divergence dimension of cognitive style). An open-ended questionnaire was formed in order to determine participants’ cognitive structure outcomes. The study topic was chosen as chemical kinetics since it is one of the most difficult topics in chemistry according to many students and also there is limited study in the literature on this topic. Key concepts about chemical kinetics were selected and given to the participants and they were asked to write a text by using the given concepts. A flow map technique was used to reveal participants’ cognitive structure outcomes. According to the findings of this study, it can be said that field independent participants tended to be divergent thinkers while field dependents tended to be convergent thinkers. Also, strong positive relationships between participants’ field dependency/independency and some cognitive structure outcomes (extent and richness) were found. That is, field independents tended to have more extended and richer cognitive structure outcomes. However, the convergence/divergence dimension of cognitive style did not show any correlation with cognitive structure outcomes.

scholarly journals SOCIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEAM INTERACTION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT EXPRESSION OF A FIELD-DEPENDENT COGNITIVE STYLE

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Irina Ivanovna Shoshina ◽  
Elena Evgenievna Chauzova
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Polar Field ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
Team Interaction ◽  
Field Dependent

Background: The effectiveness of team interaction is often assessed through sociometric indicators, namely sociometric status and emotional reciprocity. At the same time, interpersonal interaction is a cognitive process, since it includes such mental processes as perception, categorization, thinking, speech, etc., which serve for information processing. These individual differences in the way information is processed underlie the concept of cognitive styles. Therefore, cognitive styles can hypothetically be considered as characteristics of interpersonal interaction and a predictor of its effectiveness. Aim: The paper aims to determine the sociometric characteristics of the effectiveness of team interaction of persons with different degree of the field-dependent cognitive style. Materials and methods. To assess field-dependence/field-independence, the Gottschaldt Embedded Figures method was used. The effectiveness of team interaction was assessed using the Moreno small group study method. Statistical analysis was performed with the Mann-Whitney test using IBM SPSS Statistics 23. Results. It was found that persons with a mobile field-dependent cognitive style had a significantly higher hierarchical position and a stable position in the system of nterpersonal relations compared with persons with a polar field-dependent cognitive style. Evidence was obtained on the splitting of field dependence into polar field-dependent and mobile field-dependent styles. Conclusion. Field-dependence/field-independence can be considered as one of the basic inner qualities of a person's intellectual activity, which influences his/her behavior and interpersonal communication.

scholarly journals Metaphorical Thinking of Students in Solving Algebraic Problems based on Their Cognitive Styles

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
Muthmainnah Muthmainnah ◽  
Marwan Ramli ◽  
M Ikhsan
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Metaphorical Thinking ◽  
Algebraic Problem ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Looking Back ◽  
Banda Aceh

One of thinking concepts which connects real life to mathematics is called metaphorical thinking. Metaphor and modelling are two closely related concepts. Besides, each individual performs different cognitive styles, such as field independent (FI) and field dependent (FD) cognitive styles. This factor possibly leads to different metaphorical thinking in solving algebraic problems. The participants of this qualitative research consist of two students at grade 7 of one of junior high school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, with FI and FD as their cognitive styles. Based on the findings, it is found that: 1) Metaphorical thinking of the student with FI cognitive style in solving the algebraic problem in the stage of understanding the problem, devising a plan, carrying out the plan, and looking back is considered to achieve the target for each criteria of CREATE; 2) Metaphorical thinking of the student with FD cognitive style in solving the problem in the all four stages but could not reveal all criteria mentioned in CREATE. This happens as the student is unable to find the appropriate metaphor to the algebraic problem. Therefore, the student does not need to explain the suitability of the metaphor to the algebraic problem.

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