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A replication study was made to test the following hypotheses: (a) Traditional-Jewish Ss, in comparison with Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ss, matched for age and verbal ability, will be more global on criterion measures of psychological differentiation. (b) Within group intercorrelations of these measures will all be in the positive direction. Ten pairs of boys (ages 9-11) were compared on the Embedded Figures, Human Figure Drawing, and Verbal Disembedding tests. The first hypothesis was confirmed with regard to Embedded Figures (p less than .05), but not with regard to the other two criterion measures. The within group intercorrelations were r = .25 to .48 for Embedded Figures versus the other two measures. The correlations between Verbal Disembedding and Human Figure Drawing were small and negative (all correlations were nonsignificant).

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Intercorrelations of scores on the Body Adjustment Test and other criterion measures of psychological differentiation tested the hypothesis that the magnitude of correlation is a function of the availability of intellectualization as a coping and defense mechanism. It is suggested that Ss who, on Body Adjustment series “b,” cross the position of true upright before they decide that they are, in fact, upright are not using all the available intellectual cues. Utilizing Ss who do not cross the position of true upright vs matched Ss who do cross that position, the study demonstrated that the intercorrelations between Body Adjustment series “b” and the other criterion measures is higher for Ss who cross-over 0° deviation, than for those Ss who do not cross that position. This is taken as supportive of the hypothesis that intellectualization (as available to the non cross-overs) mitigates field influences for the, relatively, psychologically dependent individuals, on the Body Adjustment series “b” tests. The study also demonstrates the value of considering the results of Body Adjustment series “a” and series “b” separately when measuring cognitive style—contrary to the prevalent practice of combining the two series into one measure.