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E-ISSN : 2733-4538
An individual has his own mode of perceiving, memorizing, and thinking. Since this mode was named Cognitive style' by Klein, it was thought that cognitive style makes an individual's behavior expressed in a consistent way, affects noncognitive behaviors and determines the styles of adjustive behaviors. Typical among the studies of cognitive styles was Witkin's research on the field dependence-independence. In. this article, the concept and measurement of the field dependence-independence satisfying the basic assumptions about cognitive style was reviewed, and the relationships between field dependence-independence & adjustment mechanisms were discussed. Finally, the implication that field dependence-independence, a particular cognitive style, would be an effective tool for understanding psychopathology was considered.