ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B

›› 1998, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (04): 361-365.

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THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE EFFECT THAT FIELD-DEPENDENCE HAS ON BOUNDARY EXTENSION

Yang Zhiliang(Psychology Department, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062)Du Jianzheng; Liu Guoxue(Education Department for Special Purposes, West Campus of Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050091)   

  • Published:1998-12-25 Online:1998-12-25

Abstract: The present study, used 2 × 2 mixed design, examined the effects that field -dependence and scene have on boundary extention. The result showed that field -dependent subjects yielded much more boundary extention than the field-independent subjects. Contrary to the results of other studies, boundary extention occurred when the subjects, who were shown nonscene picture, were tested.

Key words: field-dependence, field-independence, boundary extention