Abstract: The present paper consists of 2 studies of the individual differences infield-dependence among children aged from 10 to 11. In the first study, theGroup Embedded Figure Test was given to 68 children. Comparingtheir scores with those of Test of Learning Ability for Children of 9-14,andtheir academic achievements, we found that the degree of field-independencewas positively correlated with the performance in mathematics and there wasno correlation between field-independence and learning of Chinese language. 24 children of both ends along the continuum of field-dependence-indepen-dence were used as subjects for the second study. As the result of anexperiment of tilted-line after-effect undertaken in the dark room,it was foundthat the additional object for reference provided in the visual field produced afine effect for the field-dependents and no effect for the field-independents.An evidence of sex-difference in cognitive style was also found in theseexperiments.

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