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COGNITIVE STYLES IN ADOLESCENTS PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED AS HYPERACTIVE *
Author(s) -
Cohen Nancy J.,
Weiss Gabrielle,
Minde Klaus
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1972.tb01145.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , reading (process) , cognitive style , linguistics , psychiatry , philosophy
SUMMARY Four cognitive styles were studied in 20 adolescent boys previously diagnosed as hyperactive and 20 normal controls. The results indicated that the hyperactives were not impaired in their ability to perform on tasks involving highly overlearned abilities, i.e., color naming and reading color words, even under distracting conditions. They were deficient, however, in their approach to tasks in which there was a greater degree of response uncertainty. Hyperactives took less lime to reflect over a problem solution when a number of alternative solutions were available and had greater difficulty isolating a simple figure hidden in a complex background.