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Field dependence‐independence in Navajo children
Author(s) -
Dinges Norman G.,
Hollenbeck Albert R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207597808246626
Subject(s) - navajo , psychology , normative , independence (probability theory) , developmental psychology , sample (material) , clinical psychology , demography , sociology , statistics , political science , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , law
Twenty Navajo boys and 20 Navajo girls 9 1/2 years of age were administered the Children's Embedded Figures Test . Mean scores were compared to Anglo normative scores for the same age range taken from Witkin et al . (1971). In contrast to previous research and hypothesized results, the Navajo sample scored significantly higher in a field independent direction than the Anglo sample. A multi‐factor explanation comprised of genetic, environmental, experiential and linguistic factors unique to the Navajo is suggested to account for this outcome.