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The Role of Individual Differences in Field Dependence as a Factor in Learning and Memory USPHS

Author(s):
Goodenough, Donald R.
Publication Year:
1975
Report Number:
RB-75-08
Source:
ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
70
Subject/Key Words:
United States Public Health Service (USPHS), Cognitive Style, Field Dependence Independence, Individual Differences, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews, Memory

Abstract

The literature relating individual differences in field dependence to learning and memory is reviewed in four areas: (1) the effects of cue salience in discrimination learning; (2) participant vs. spectator roles in learning; (3) repression as a factor in forgetting and (4) the effects of interpersonal orientation on acquisition of social information and on the effectiveness of social reinforcers. (70pp.)

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