Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Style as a Set of Independent
Manifests : Evidence from a Validation Study of Six Measurement
Instruments

J 2023

Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Style as a Set of Independent Manifests : Evidence from a Validation Study of Six Measurement Instruments

LACKO, David, Tomáš PROŠEK, Jiří ČENĚK, Michaela HELÍSKOVÁ, Pavel UGWITZ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Style as a Set of Independent Manifests : Evidence from a Validation Study of Six Measurement Instruments

Authors

LACKO, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Tomáš PROŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří ČENĚK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michaela HELÍSKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel UGWITZ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vojtěch SVOBODA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Peter POČAJI (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Matěj VAIS (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Helena HALÍŘOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Vojtěch JUŘÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Čeněk ŠAŠINKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

PLOS ONE, UNITED STATES, PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE, 2023, 1932-6203

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50101 Psychology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.700 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00130958

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287057

UT WoS

001010596300008

Keywords in English

cognitive styles; analytic and holistic cognitive style; global and local processing; reaction times; validity

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

GC19-09265J, research and development project

Name: Vliv sociokulturních faktorů a písma na percepci a kognici komplexních zrakových podnětů (Acronym: ISOVIS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

MUNI/A/1323/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Validizace metod měřících analytický a holistický kognitivní styl (Acronym: VAMEMAHKOS)

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

LACKO, David, Tomáš PROŠEK, Jiří ČENĚK, Michaela HELÍSKOVÁ, Pavel UGWITZ, Vojtěch SVOBODA, Peter POČAJI, Matěj VAIS, Helena HALÍŘOVÁ, Vojtěch JUŘÍK and Čeněk ŠAŠINKA. Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Style as a Set of Independent Manifests : Evidence from a Validation Study of Six Measurement Instruments. PLOS ONE. UNITED STATES: PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE, 2023, vol. 18, No 6, p. 1-30. ISSN 1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287057.

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LACKO, David, Tomáš PROŠEK, Jiří ČENĚK, Michaela HELÍSKOVÁ, Pavel UGWITZ, Vojtěch SVOBODA, Peter POČAJI, Matěj VAIS, Helena HALÍŘOVÁ, Vojtěch JUŘÍK and Čeněk ŠAŠINKA. Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Style as a Set of Independent Manifests : Evidence from a Validation Study of Six Measurement Instruments. \textit{PLOS ONE}. UNITED STATES: PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE, 2023, vol.~18, No~6, p.~1-30. ISSN~1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287057.

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