The present studies examined two hypotheses. First hypothesis was aimed to examine correlation between Group Embedded Figure Test(GEFT) and Social Attitude scores which were obtained by 241 high school students. The results was that there is no signif...
The present studies examined two hypotheses. First hypothesis was aimed to examine correlation between Group Embedded Figure Test(GEFT) and Social Attitude scores which were obtained by 241 high school students. The results was that there is no significant correlation between cognitive style and sociability. However, field independent style(FI) and field dependent style(FD) in the range of cognitive style show a significant difference in social attitude. FI group showed lower scores than FD group in social attitude test. This result indicates that FI styles tend to attend their mental energy on narrow topic, inhibiting irrelevant visual stimuli. Consequently their social activities are limited. On the other hand FD styles tend to respond on various stimuli coming from their life field. For the second hypothesis, gender differences between male and female students in terms of their cognitive styles were examined by t-test. Both hypotheses were supported statistically. The results suggested that cognitive styles are related with subjects' social attitude in school relationship. In both gender group students who showed Field-Independent(FI) in GEFT marked higher scores while students who showed Field-Dependent(FD) marked lower scores in social attitude scale. As previous studies indicated gender differences were clearly supported statistically. Male students showed strong FI while female students showed weak FI cognitive style generally. It is expected that these results can be applied ta guiding students' school activities and selecting college major. Further research should discover how do cognitive styles such as FI and FD relate to school achievement.