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Relations between embedded figures test performance and dimensions of the I-E scale.

R Strahan1, H Huth

  • 1University of Rochester, USA.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|October 1, 1975
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Summary

This study found no significant relationship between field independence, measured by embedded figures tests, and Rotter's internal-external locus of control. These psychological constructs appear to be largely independent.", Enhanced_Abstract=default_api.SeocontentEnhancedAbstract(Area_of_Science=[

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • Field independence is a cognitive style related to perceptual differentiation.
  • Locus of control describes an individual's generalized expectancies about the control of events.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between field independence and locus of control.
  • To determine if perceptual differentiation is associated with beliefs about personal control.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed an embedded figures test to measure field independence.
  • Participants also completed Rotter's internal-external locus of control scale.
  • Correlational analyses were performed to assess the relationship between the measures.

Main Results:

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  • No significant correlations were found between field independence and locus of control dimensions.
  • The findings indicate a lack of association between these two psychological constructs.

Conclusions:

  • Field independence and locus of control are likely unrelated psychological variables.
  • Perceptual style does not appear to predict an individual's generalized expectancies of control.