Predicting diagnosis performance with measures of cognitive style |
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Authors: | D L Morrison |
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Institution: | (1) Dept. of Psychology, Murdoch University, 6150 Perth, Western Australia |
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Abstract: | This study examines the relationship between performance on a context-independent fault diagnosis task and two dimensions
of cognitive style: field dependence/independence (D-I) and focusing/scanning (F-S). The effects on diagnosis performance
of training and the ability of both dimensions of style jointly to predict fault-finding ability were considered. The results
showed that field independents and focusers were superior fault diagnosticians. Training, in the form of verbal feedback messages,
was uniformly effective for the D-I dimension although field independents maintained a superior level of performance, over
field dependents. In general, for the F-S dimension, training had little effect on either the focusers or scanners. A combination
of scores on the F-S and D-I dimensions significantly enhanced the proportion of the variance in testing efficiency that could
be accounted for during fault-finding. Finally it is argued that the F-S and D-I dimensions should be recognized as measures
of ability, not style. Future research should be directed at identifying between subject differences on fault diagnosis tasks
with reference to theories of information processing. |
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