Cognitive processes in the reflective-impulsive cognitive style.

From: Journal of Genetic Psychology | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Corroyer, Denis; Rozencwajg, Paulette | Copyright information

In this study, the authors improved the understanding of the cognitive processes underlying the reflective-impulsive cognitive style (RI), which was initially measured by J. Kagan, B. L. Rosman, D. Day, J. Albert, and W. Phillips (1964) on the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT). The authors determined the relationships between the RI style and the cognitive factors, which would be likely to explain different MFFT solving modes--field dependence or independence as a cognitive style, the g...

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