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An exploratory study of cognitive style in performance on matched and mismatched tasks
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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:48 authored by Adhip Rawal, Robert WillsonResearchers have suggested that task performance is often dependent upon the congruence of cognitive style and task. To explore this suggestion, 44 female and 4 male undergraduates were administered the Cognitive Style Analysis, the Closure Flexibility, the Composite Gestalt Completion Test, and the Vocabulary subtest from the WAIS. Specifically, four hypotheses were tested: (1) that participants with an analytic style will perform better than those with a wholistic style on the Closure Flexibility; (2) that participants with a wholistic style will perform better than those with an analytic style on the Composite Gestalt Completion Test; (3) that participants with an intermediate style will outperform persons with an analytic style on the Composite Gestalt Completion Test; and (4) that intermediate scorers would perform better than those with a wholistic style on Closure Flexibility. Only the second hypothesis was supported, so results provide only minimal support for the effect of match or mismatch of cognitive style and task performance.
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Perceptual and Motor SkillsISSN
0031-5125Publisher
Ammons ScientificIssue
2Volume
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451-462Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2013-09-18Usage metrics
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