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DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE STYLES AMONG CHICANOS IN TRADITIONAL AND DUALISTIC COMMUNITIES *
Author(s) -
Laosa Luis M.,
DeAvila Edward A.
Publication year - 1979
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 - 10.1080/00207597908246716
Subject(s) - cognitive style , psychology , independence (probability theory) , style (visual arts) , cognition , field (mathematics) , test (biology) , developmental psychology , field dependence , social psychology , geography , statistics , physics , mathematics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , magnetic field , pure mathematics , biology , paleontology
The study examined the development of cognitive styles among 182 Chicano children growing up in two communities, one traditional and one dualistic. The Children's Embedded Figures Test was employed as the measure of field independence. In the first and fifth grades, Chicano children in the traditional community were found to have a relatively field‐dependent cognitive style, whereas those in the dualistic community had a relatively field‐independent cognitive style. No such difference was present in the third grade. In both communities there was a progressive increase in field independence with increasing age. There were no significant sex differences in cognitive style.