Analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests: Evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments.
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 cogniti...
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| author | David Lacko Tomáš Prošek Jiří Čeněk Michaela Helísková Pavel Ugwitz Vojtěch Svoboda Peter Počaji Matěj Vais Helena Halířová Vojtěch Juřík Čeněk Šašinka |
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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-767d9cb401874573a84714ebba33031d2023-06-23T05:31:25ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01186e028705710.1371/journal.pone.0287057Analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests: Evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments.David LackoTomáš ProšekJiří ČeněkMichaela HelískováPavel UgwitzVojtěch SvobodaPeter PočajiMatěj VaisHelena HalířováVojtěch JuříkČeněk ŠašinkaCognitive 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.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287057 |
| spellingShingle | David Lacko Tomáš Prošek Jiří Čeněk Michaela Helísková Pavel Ugwitz Vojtěch Svoboda Peter Počaji Matěj Vais Helena Halířová Vojtěch Juřík Čeněk Šašinka Analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests: Evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments. PLoS ONE |
| title | Analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests: Evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments. |
| title_full | Analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests: Evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments. |
| title_fullStr | Analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests: Evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests: Evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments. |
| title_short | Analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests: Evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments. |
| title_sort | analytic and holistic cognitive style as a set of independent manifests evidence from a validation study of six measurement instruments |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287057 |
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