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Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Style as a Set of Independent Manifests : Evidence from a Validation Study of Six Measurement Instruments

Authors

LACKO David PROŠEK Tomáš ČENĚK Jiří HELÍSKOVÁ Michaela UGWITZ Pavel SVOBODA Vojtěch POČAJI Peter VAIS Matěj HALÍŘOVÁ Helena JUŘÍK Vojtěch ŠAŠINKA Čeněk

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source PLOS ONE
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287057
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287057
Keywords cognitive styles; analytic and holistic cognitive style; global and local processing; reaction times; validity
Description Cognitive styles are commonly studied constructs in cognitive psychology. The theory of field dependence-independence was one of the most important cognitive styles. Yet in the past, its measurement had significant shortcomings in validity and reliability. The theory of analytic and holistic cognitive styles attempted to extend this theory and overcome its shortcomings. Unfortunately, the psychometric properties of its measurement methods were not properly verified. Furthermore, new statistical approaches, such as analysis of reaction times, have been overlooked by current research. The aim of this pre-registered study was to verify the psychometric properties (i.e., factor structure, split-half reliability, test-retest reliability, discriminant validity with intelligence and personality, and divergent, concurrent and predictive validity) of several methods routinely applied in the field. We developed/adapted six methods based on self-report questionnaires, rod-and-frame principles, embedded figures, and hierarchical figures. The analysis was conducted on 392 Czech participants, with two data collection waves. The results indicate that the use of methods based on the rod-and-frame principle may be unreliable, demonstrating no absence of association with intelligence. The use of embedded and hierarchical figures is recommended. The self-report questionnaire used in this study showed an unsatisfactory factor structure and also cannot be recommended without futher validation on independent samples. The findings also did not correspond with the original two-dimensional theory.
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