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INFLUENCES OF CULTURAL PATTERNS ON THE THINKING OF CHILDREN IN CERTAIN ETHNIC GROUPS, A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF JEWISH SUB-CULTURE ON THE FIELD-DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE DIMENSION OF COGNITION.

DERSHOWITZ, ZACHARY – 1966

THIS PAPER IS CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHNIC OR OTHER SUBGROUP MEMBERSHIP AND THE INDIVIDUAL'S COGNITIVE STYLE. THE COGNITIVE STYLE CHOSEN FOR INVESTIGATION HERE IS THAT OF FIELD-DEPENDENCE OR INDEPENDENCE. THE TWO ETHNIC-RELIGIOUS SUBCULTURES INVESTIGATED WERE JEWISH AND WHITE ANGLO-SAXON PROTESTANT. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT…

Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes