Kindergarten children were exposed to a behavior modification training activity involving perceptual scanning, which was designed to increase the field-independent mode of perception. The training was evaluated, based upon a group of 18 experimental subjects and a control group of 17 children. Subjects in the training group were individually…

This study explores the relationship between empathy (measured by Hogan's empathy scale) and psychological differentiation (measured by the Embedded Figures Test). When 32 male undergraduate volunteers completed both tests, it was found that highly empathetic S's tended to be field independent. Both emphathetic and field independent persons are…