Dependencia-independencia de campo¿nivel de desarrollo o estilo cognitivo?
ISSN: 0210-3702, 1578-4126
Year of publication: 1996
Issue: 75
Pages: 97-106
Type: Article
More publications in: Journal for the Study of Education and Development, Infancia y Aprendizaje
Abstract
Althrough field dependence-independence was initially conceived as a dimension of supposed neutrality, and therefore not comparable with intelligence and/or cognitive development, this assumption was soon challenged, generating a wide debate, providing research data and theoretical interpretations. The present paper summarizes and disscuses this contribution by: comparing a cognitive perspective with Piaget�s psychogenetic model; reviewing avaliable empirical evidence on the relation between field dependence-independence indices and operational development tasks together with theoretical interpretations. Finally, the mobility-fixity dimensions is addressed, and its relation to levels of development is discussed.