A study of the performance of a Bantu sample on a test of perceptual field-dependence under conditions of normal and abnormal sensory environments

• Main Author: Cogill, Charles John
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Rhodes University 1970
• Subjects: Perception > Testing; Senses and sensation > Cross-cultural studies; Bantu speaking peoples
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010503

For purposes of this background study, previous research findings relating to the development of the concept of field dependence - independence may be traced in five clearly distinct and logical stages: Stage 1: The Determination of the Factors Responsible for the Maintenance of Proper Orientation to the Upright. Stage 11: The Investigation of Individual Differences in the Manner of Establishing the Upright. Stage III: The Consideration of Possible Hypotheses to Account for Consistent Individual Differences in this Mode of Perception. Stage IV: An Investigation of the Relationship Between an Individual's Characteristic Way of Perceiving and his General Personality Organisation Stage V: The Ultimate Extension and Elaboration of this Work into the Construct of Psychological Differentiation which proposes that individuals are likely to function at a more differentiated or less differentiated level in many areas of behaviour. Some discussion of these stages is necessary to provide background for the present study. Chapter 1, p. 1.