Reexamination of Relations between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Field Dependence-Independence

1988 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles P. Schmidt ◽  
John W. McCutcheon
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

The Group Embedded Figures Test and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator were administered to 210 undergraduate and graduate students. Bivariate relations between the embedded figures test and the Indicator scales of Extraversion-Introversion (EI), Thinking-Feeling (TF), and Judgment-Perception (JP) were nonsignificant while the relation between scores on embedded figures and Sensing-Intuition (SN) was statistically significant. ESFP, ISFJ, and ESFJ types were significantly more field-dependent than the INFP and ENTP types.

Correlations among the Group Embedded Figures Test, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Demographic Characteristics: A Business School Study

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 507-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence S. Corman ◽  
Richard G. Platt
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
School Study ◽  
Normative Population ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

Prior studies have yielded estimates for relations between the Group Embedded Figures Test, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and demographic characteristics. This study presents findings for 107 men and 119 women enrolled in business school. Correlations between the Embedded Figures and Sensing-Intuition scale of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator were significant as were values of Judgment-Perception with both Sensing-Intuition and Thinking-Feeling. Scores on the two tests show these students perform differently from the normative population.

Relation of Scores on Group Embedded Figures Test and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1209-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward J. Lusk ◽  
Haviland Wright
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Test Measure ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Myers Briggs ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

The four dimensions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and die Group Embedded Figures Test measure independent constructs for 103 university students.

Validity of a Measure of Critical Thinking Skills

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1223-1230
Author(s):  
Bruce Thompson ◽  
Janet G. Melancon
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Myers Briggs

Based on data from 343 subjects, results suggest that Thompson's Test of Critical Thinking Skills has reasonable item difficulty and discrimination coefficients and appears to be valid. Construct validity was investigated by administering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Group Embedded Figures Test. Although conclusions must be considered tentative pending additional study, the results warrant continued inquiry regarding the measure's value.

Mobility-Fixity: Further Psychometric Data on the Field Independence of Accountants

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Y. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Psychometric Data ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

This study examined the performance of 49 accountants on the Group Embedded Figures Test and the Figural Intersections Test and used the two sets of scores to measure not only the accountants' field dependence-independence but also whether they may be mobile or fixed. This combination of test scores led to dividing accountants into one of four cognitive subtypes (field-independent scorers, both fixed and mobile, and field-dependent scorers, both fixed and mobile). The implications of mobility-fixity for accountants are discussed.

Authoritarian Attitudes and Field Dependence

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Embedded Figures

This study sought to investigate further the dependency of authoritarian attitudes on field dependence by using a factor analytically derived measure of authoritarian attitudes, the F + D scale. 523 college Ss completed the F + D scale, and the high and low scorers were selected from the extreme ends of the male distribution of 264 Ss. 20 Ss in each extreme group were individually administered Jackson's Short Form of the Embedded Figures Test (EFT), a measure of field dependence. High F + D scorers required significantly more time to complete the EFT than did low F + D scorers. They also obtained significantly lower SCAT verbal and total scores than did low F + D scorers. These two sets of findings were interpreted as resulting from the contrasting cognitive styles of the two F + D groups. It was concluded that, as measured by the tests in this study, high F + D scorers were more field dependent and less intelligent than low F + D scorers.

Validation of a Children's Group Embedded Figures Test

1977 ◽  
Vol 44 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1259-1263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlaine E. Lockheed ◽  
Abigail M. Harris ◽  
Meredith K. Stone ◽  
Mary Lee Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Concurrent Validation ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Body Concept ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

This paper describes the development and concurrent validation of a group-administered measure of field dependence for children. Subjects were 34 girls and 39 boys in the fourth-grade, and 35 girls and 40 boys in the fifth-grade. This measure was correlated with the Articulation of Body Concept measure for fourth-grade girls ( r = —.42) and boys ( r = —.59), and for fifth-grade girls ( r = —.64) and boys ( r = —.46). It was also correlated with scores on the Portable Rod-and-Frame Test for girls ( r = —.51) and boys ( r = —.39) at the fourth-grade.

Effects of Speed Vs Accuracy Instructions and Field Dependence on College Students' Digit-Symbol Matching Performance

1991 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 314-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane L Wong ◽  
Andrew R. Gilpin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Digit Symbol ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Correct Digit ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Matching Performance ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

Correct digit-symbol matches of 68 women were significantly higher than those of 26 men. Speed instructions led to higher scores than those for accuracy or a neutral approach. Field dependence (Group Embedded Figures Test scores) interacted with instructions and field independent subjects scored higher when instructed to be accurate.

Field Dependence-Independence as Related to College Curricula

1971 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1235-1237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith A. DeRussy ◽  
Emily Futch
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
College Age ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Embedded Figures

32 college students took part in an experiment using Witkin's Embedded-figures Test as a measure of field dependence. It was hypothesized that: (1) students majoring in liberal arts are more field-dependent than those majoring in math, physics, and chemistry; and (2) college-age females are more field-dependent than college-age males. The data supported both hypotheses.

Field Dependence-Independence of Male and Female Spanish Athletes

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1155-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose E. Caño ◽  
Sara Márquez
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Team Sport ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Embedded Figures

We examined the field dependence-independence of Spanish athletes, 293 men and women (aged 18 to 23 years) active in individual and team sports, and nonathletes. Subjects were tested on the Group Embedded Figures Test. Analysis indicated that men active in team sports were more field-dependent than those non-involved in sports, and that team-sport women exhibited a higher field-dependence than individual-sport athletes or nonathletes of both sexes. Our data reflect a significant interaction between type of sport and sex.

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