Associating Embedded Figures Test Performance with Extreme Hysteria and Psychasthenia MMPI Scores in a Psychiatric Population

1980 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 432-434
Author(s):  
David M. Lawrence ◽  
Victor Morton
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Geometric Figures ◽  
Performance Time ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Psychiatric Population ◽  
Female Subjects

21 female subjects from a psychiatric population scoring high on one of two MMPI scales, Hysteria or Psychasthenia, were given Jackson's (1956) shortened version of the Embedded Figures Test. Hysteria correlates positively and significantly .71 with time spent in detecting embedded geometric figures. Obsessive-compulsiveness and Embedded Figures Test performance time are negatively correlated —.63. The average times were 102.5 sec. for hysteria subjects and 62.6 sec. for psychasthenia subjects. Chi-squared establishes the significant association of MMPI measurements for hysteria and obsessive-compulsiveness with field-dependence and field-independence, respectively.

Lateral Eye Movements, Hypnotic Susceptibility and Field Independence-Dependence

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1179-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary W. De Witt ◽  
James R. Averill
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Hypnotic Susceptibility ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Lateral Eye ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Female Subjects

Previous research indicates that lateral eye movements are associated with hemispheric activity in the brain. In the present study involving 48 female subjects, “left-gazing” (right-hemispheric activity) was positively related to field-dependence, as measured by the Embedded Figures Test and the Scroop test, and also to hypnotic susceptibility. It was concluded that field-dependence and hypnotic susceptibility are both mediated by processes associated with right-hemispheric activity.

Relation of Field Dependence to the “Philosophies of Human Nature”

1969 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
Robert B. Duke
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The One

To study the function of personality variables in the perception of other people, 52 undergraduate males were administered the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale and the Embedded-figures Test. Relatively low but significant positive correlations were found between field independence and trustworthiness, altruism, and the positive view of human nature. There was no significant correlation between field independence and strength of will, independence, complexity, and variability. Apparently, the personality of the one perceiving is relevant to what is perceived in the other person.

Use of the Group Embedded Figures Test with Children

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Thompson ◽  
Murray M. Pitts ◽  
Joan P. Gipe
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

Extensive previous research suggests that the cognitive style of field-independence/field-dependence has important implications for teaching and guidance. However, studies of the validity of group-administered measures which can be used with younger children are limited. The present study assessed the feasibility of using a widely recognized style measure, the Group Embedded Figures Test, with 45 fourth-, 42 fifth-, and 42 sixth-graders. The results were generally favorable with respect to the test's applicability to these age groups.

Field-Dependence and Stability of Self-View

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 563-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem Claeys ◽  
Paul Deboeck ◽  
Nicole Viaene
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Emotional Instability ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Second Year

Contrary to Witkin's opinion, field-dependent individuals are expected to show higher stability of self-view than field-independent individuals. 73 Belgian second-year university students were submitted to the Group Embedded Figures Test. The Five Personality Factor Test measuring extraversion, friendliness, emotional instability, conscientiousness and general culture, was administered to each student for self-description (self-report) and to both parents for description of the student (mother's report and father's report). The decrease of correlation between self-report and parent's report as a function of the degree of student's field-independence supports the authors' hypothesis. Results are interpreted in terms of closer attention of field-independent individuals to relevant cues.

Components Underlying the Relation between Field Dependence and Extraversion

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 528-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Loo ◽  
Phyllis J. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Decision Time ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
Group Embedded Figures Test

Components of Eysenck's Extraversion scale were examined to account for previous findings indicating that field independence, as measured by individual and group forms of the embedded-figures test, is associated with Introversion. In two of the three samples of female university students, field independence, as measured by the Group Embedded Figures Test, was associated with low impulsivity and slow decision time, as measured by items on Eysenck's Extraversion scale.

Preschool Embedded Figures Test Performance of Young Children: Age and Gender Differences

1993 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Christian Busch ◽  
J. Allen Watson ◽  
Vickie Brinkley ◽  
Janice Howard ◽  
Carole Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Age And Gender Differences ◽  
Embedded Figures ◽  
And Gender

An analysis of the literature was the basis for a set of predictions regarding the Preschool Embedded Figures Test performance of a small, cross-sectional sample of 37 3- to 5-year-old children. The test scores were modestly reliable. Predicted age-related differences in scores for boys and girls were observed, including an interaction of age with gender; however, other predictions regarding those scores were not supported. Based on a small sample, it was tentatively concluded that the evidence for continued use of the Preschool Embedded Figures Test as a measure of field independence for young children was weak.

scholarly journals Field Dependence/Independence, Impulsivity/Reflectivity, Gender, and Cloze Test Performance of Iranian EFL Learners: A Study of Relations

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 408
Author(s):  
Mina Rastegar ◽  
Nazanin Mehrabizadeh Honarmand
Keyword(s):  
Field Dependence ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Cloze Test

This study aimed at exploring any significant relationships among field dependence/independence, impulsivity/reflectivity, and cloze test performance of Iranian EFL learners, and attempted to seek any significant differences between males and females regarding their field dependence/independence, impulsivity/reflectivity, and cloze test performance. Participants were 72 (47 females and 25 males) Iranian EFL university students in ShahidBahonar University of Kerman. Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) by Witkin et al. (1971), Impulsivity subscale of Impulsiveness, Venturesomeness, and Empathy (IVE) scale by Eysenck and Eysenck(1978), and a cloze test consisting of two cloze passages (Oller& Perkins, 1980) were utilized to obtain the required data.To statistically analyzethe data, the statistical procedures of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Independent Samples T-test were utilized using SPSS version 21. The findings of this study indicated that field independence had a significant positive correlation with reflectivity, and field dependence also had a significant positive correlation with impulsivity. However, the findings revealed no significant relationship between cloze test performance and any of other variables. It was also found that females are more reflective and males tend to be more impulsive.

Effect of Structured Ice Hockey Training on Scores on Field-Dependence/Independence

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Goulet ◽  
Serge Talbot ◽  
Denis Drouin ◽  
Pierre Trudel
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
High Field ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Field Independence ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Field Dependency ◽  
Field Independent ◽  
Embedded Figures

The aim of the present study is to test two hypotheses, (1) Witkin and Goodenough's 1982 assumption that participation in a structured physical activity increases field-independence and (2) that subjects characterized by high field-independence would show greater gains than subjects with high field-dependence on ice hockey skills. An adaptation of Oltman, Raskin, and Witkin's Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) was given to measure field-dependency and standardized tests were used to evaluate the players' skill. An experimental group of 26 boys ( M = 11.27 yr.) were members of an ice hockey training program; 18 boys of a control group ( M = 11.93 yr.) participated in no programmed physical activity. A pretest (field-dependency and skill) was administered 21 weeks prior to the posttest; no significant differences were found for scores on embedded figures between groups; Witkin and Goodenough's hypothesis was not supported, but field-independent subjects tended to learn more.

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.

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