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Witkin, Herman A. – Human Development, 1979
Summarizes the theory of psychological differentiation and reviews recent cross-cultural research on the roles of child rearing, culture, and ecology in the development of individual, group, and sex differences in the field dependence-field independence cognitive style component of psychological differentiation. (SS)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies