Study on developmental aspects of FDI (Field Dependence-Independence) in a Group of Young and Elderly

Abstract

Study about evolutive aspects of FDI in youth-old age.

A study has been realized about cognitive styles in two evolutive cuts: youth-old age, by applying the GEFT with two objectives:

- To verify the modifications that cognitive style undergoes through these life span periods.

- To analyze intersexual differences in each one of these cohorts.

The conclusions coincide with the studies of COMALLI (1965), SCHAWARTZ and KARP (1967), etc., by confirming that style changes from a FI in the youth groups towards a very clear FD in the old age group.

Sexual differences aren't significatives in none of the groups, though they are more accentuate in the old age one.

(FDI = Field Dependence-Independence).