Relationship of Rod-And-Frame Test Performance to two Dimensions of the Personality Assessment System

1973 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 747-752
Author(s):  
Harry Frank ◽  
Randy Tubbs
Keyword(s):  
Test Performance ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

It was hypothesized that performance on the rod-and-frame test taps primitive level Externalizer-lnternalizer and Regulated-Flexible functioning as conceptualized in Gittinger's Personality Assessment System. Four criterion groups (primitive Flexible Externalizers, Flexible Internalizers, Regulated Externalizers, and Regulated Internalizers), each of which included 8 Ss, were defined by configural nomethetic scores on the Block Design and Digit Span subtests of the WAIS. A two-way analysis of variance indicated that rod-and-frame test scores were significantly related to primitive Externalizer-lnternalizer (p < .005) and to primitive Regulated-Flexible (p < .05) tendencies. Discussion considers personality correlates of WAIS performance and the construct validity of field dependence-independence.

Expressed Symptoms and Personality Traits in Conversion Hysteria

1968 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Schucman ◽  
William N. Thetford
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Personality Patterns ◽  
Personality Features

The study was based on the Personality Assessment System (PAS), a new approach to relating personality traits to Wechsler test performance. The purpose was to study relations between PAS personality patterns and expressed symptoms in conversion hysterics. This group was chosen because their symptoms presumably reflect essential personality features. The sample of 124 Ss was divided in 2 parts, the data being obtained and analyzed separately. 3 specific hypotheses, in line with PAS constructs, were formulated on the basis of findings obtained with the first part and tested with the second. 2 of the 3 hypotheses were upheld.

Perceptual and Interpersonal Measures of Field Dependence

1965 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe B. Alexander ◽  
Howard E. Gudeman
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Specific Relationship ◽  
Measures Of Dependence ◽  
Dependence Measures ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Larger Sample ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

This study was concerned with the relationship between perceptual and interpersonal measures of dependence for a sample of 60 male Ss. Four groups of alcoholics, one group of hospitalized psychiatric patients, and a group of normals were compared on the Rod and Frame Test and three laboratory interpersonal tasks to evaluate the hypothesis that perceptual and interpersonal dependence measures are significantly related. The results only partially confirmed the hypothesis. The over-all correlation was significant, as was the over-all correlation for four groups of alcoholics. Only two of the six subgroup correlations, however, were significant. These results suggest the need for further study, using larger sample sizes, to determine the specific relationship of the two variables.

Sports Skill Classification, Gender, and Perceptual Style

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 611-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Brady
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Perceptual Style ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

This study was designed to examine the relationship of sport classification and gender to perceptual style. 102 male and female undergraduate students from open-skilled, closed-skilled and nonathletic groups were administered the Rod and Frame Test and the Embedded Figures Test. Analysis of variance indicated men to be more field independent than women on the Rod and Frame Test, while there were no gender differences on the Embedded Figures Test. Athletes performing open and closed skills scored significantly more field independent on the Rod and Frame Test than the nonathletes. There were no significant differences among the groups on the Embedded Figures Test. No correlation between the two measures of perceptual style was obtained.

Instructions, Illusory Self-Tilt and the Rod-and-Frame Test

1979 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Sigman ◽  
Donald R. Goodenough ◽  
Michael Flannagan
Keyword(s):  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Midline ◽  
Adjustment Error ◽  
Gravitational Vertical ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

If an illusion of self-tilt is involved in rod-and-frame test performance, then instructions to adjust the rod to the body midline (egocentric instructions) should result in less rod adjustment error than the standard instructions for the rod-and-frame test to adjust the rod to the gravitational vertical. Two experiments were designed to examine this possibility. The results of the first experiment indicate that the tilted rod-and-frame display induces an illusion of self-tilt in the opposite direction. Significant differences between instructional conditions were found in the second experiment as expected. Other rod-and-frame studies are discussed in view of these findings.

Field-Dependence, Extraversion and Perception of the Vertical: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives of the Rod-and-Frame Test

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 683-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard J. Fine ◽  
Armand V. Danforth
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
The Past ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Paper And Pencil ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

Using conventional scoring procedures for the Rod-and-frame Test (RFT), extraversion was shown to interact with field-dependence (defined by scores on the Hidden-shapes Test), with the field-dependent extraverts being most inaccurate performers on the rod and frame. Of greater importance, serious questions were raised about theoretical and empirical aspects of the relationship between paper-and-pencil measures of field-dependence and performance on the rod and frame, and it was concluded that “what has … been demonstrated over the past ten years is the reliability of a relationship of questionable validity.”

scholarly journals A-197 Utility of the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination—Third Edition (ACE-III) to Predict Neuropsychological Test Performance in Older Adults Referred for Neurocognitive Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 992-992
Author(s):  
Zarrella G ◽  
Kay C ◽  
Gettens K ◽  
Sherman J ◽  
Colvin M
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Neuropsychological Evaluation ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Category Fluency

Abstract Objective The ACE-III is a brief cognitive screener with high sensitivity and specificity in detecting neurocognitive disorders. We examined the utility of ACE-III subscale scores (Attention/Orientation, Memory, Fluency, Language, Visuospatial) to predict performance on expanded neuropsychological evaluation and detect diagnostic group differences. Data Selection 217 patients (Mag = 74.0, Medu = 15.78) with neurocognitive concerns completed the ACE-III followed by a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation, including Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Digit Span Backward (DSB), Trail Making Test Part B (TMT B), Boston Naming Test (BNT), Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT), Category Fluency (Vegetables), Wechsler Memory Scale-IV (WMS-IV) Logical Memory (LM), and WAIS-IV Block Design (BD). Patients were diagnosed as having Normal Cognition (NC), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), or Major Neurocognitive Disorder (MND) from clinical history and overall performance (67-NC, 105-MCI, 45-MND). Within-construct performances on comprehensive testing were regressed on ACE-III subscales. Group differences in ACE-III subscales and total scores were also examined. Data Synthesis Each ACE-III subscale score predicted within-construct performance on expanded testing with moderate-strong effects (p’s &lt; .001): Attention/Orientation predictive of WAIS-IV DSB and TMT B; Memory predictive of WMS-IV LM immediate and delayed; Fluency predictive of COWAT and Category Fluency; Language predictive of BNT; Visuospatial predictive of WAIS-IV BD. ACE-III subscale and total scores also distinguished between groups (NC &gt; MCI &gt; MND; p’s &lt; .001). Conclusions Across severity of cognitive impairment, ACE-III subscales are predictive of within-construct performance on expanded testing. The ACE-III may be a useful proxy for a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation and demonstrates diagnostic utility in distinguishing different levels of cognitive impairment in older adults referred for neurocognitive concerns.

Relation of Eye Movements to Errors on the Rod-and-Frame Test

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 719-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. Blowers ◽  
K. P. O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Large Error ◽  
Small Error ◽  
Attention Model ◽  
Number Magnitude ◽  
Performance Frame ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

By a selective-attention model of rod-and-frame test performance frame-independent (small error) subjects are better able than frame-dependent (large error) subjects to select out relevant cues (the rod) while suppressing irrelevant ones (the frame). However, certain clinical studies have implied that smaller errors can be obtained by employing eye-movement strategies that ignore rather than actively suppress irrelevant cues. In this study the number, magnitude, and rate of eye movements were measured in 15 subjects actively engaged in the test. While no discernible relationship of these variables to test errors was determined for frame-dependent subjects, significant negative correlations of rate and magnitude of movement with errors were demonstrated for frame-independent subjects. Group differences were observed in number and magnitude of eye movements. These findings are discussed as support for the hypothesis of selective attention.

Portable Rod-and-Frame Test as a Measure of Cognitive Style in Kindergarten Children

1971 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert S. Dreyer ◽  
Cecily A. Dreyer ◽  
Edwin B. Nebelkopf
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Analytic Cognitive Style ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

Data on the relationship of a newly developed Portable Rod-and-frame Test to other measures of cognitive functioning are presented for 300 kindergarten children. A test-retest correlation of .96 was obtained over 1 mo. Sex differences were found on both the Portable Rod-and-frame Test and the Children's Embedded-figures Test. High correlations between these two measures were found for both boys (.61) and girls (.66), corroborating work done on global-analytic cognitive style with older age groups.

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