Group embedded figures test performance in different instrumental behavior styles

Abstract

Group Embedded Figure Test (GEFT) performance of male psychiatric clinic outpatients differed significantly between persons with active and those with passive styles of instrumental behavior as measured by the Millon-Illinois Self Report Inventory. Actives were able to identify the simple figure within a complex ground significantly better than passives and thus demonstrated an independence from field not found in passives.

An ethnographic investigation of teacher behavior as a function of cognitive style

“…Bottenberg (1971) found significant correlations for fieldindependence and emotional balance and stability, but no significant correlations between field-independence and ego strength or when compared to measures of activity/passivity. Foster (1977) found a significant correlation between active subjects, as determined by the Mellon-Illinois Self Report Inventory, and field-independence as measured by the GEFT. Roessler (1973) found a significant correlation between field-independence and ego strength.…”