Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate individual difference of configuration effects on perceived pointing of ambiguous triangles, and relation between individual difference of configuration effects and cognitive style. Subjects far the study were 40 female undergraduates who were selected from a group of 121 who had received the Group Embedded Figure Test and the Hidden Figure Test. Subjects were divided into two 20 subjects groups as field dependent and field independent groups. Palmer's paradigm was used to identify the configuration effects on perception of local element. The GEFT and HFT were used to identify the field dependent-independent cognitive style. Based on the previous studies, research hypothesis in the study is formulated as follows: The field dependent subjects will demonstrate a greater configuration effects in perceived pointing of triangle than the field independent subjects. Statistical methods applied for the present study were a 3-way analysis of variance. The results of the present study showed that the research hypothesis is generally accepted at statistically significant level. As predicted, there is a individual difference of configuration effects by the cognitive style. Implications of this result suggested that individual difference of configuration effects on ambiguous visual stimuli may be applied to Rorschach test.