Author Question: Briefly describe the difference between field-dependent and field-independent people. What will ... (Read 90 times)

bclement10 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Briefly describe the difference between field-dependent and field-independent people.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The Penn Resiliency Program added a D to the ABC model of Albert Ellis. The D stands for learning to __________ automatic negative thoughts.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

jgranad15 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Many fields of psychology have identified differences in how people perceive and conceptualize the world around them. One variable that has been identified and is relevant to cognitive issues in personality is the extent to which people are sensitive to their situation. Some people are defined as field-dependent in that they naturally focus on perceptual cues in the situation around them. They are almost forced to attend to salient cues in their environment and changes in those cues. On the other hand, some people are defined as field-independent because they naturally pay more attention to their own physical sensations and have selective attention to cues coming from the outside. These people can read in a noisy and moving subway car with relative ease, but a field-dependent individual would be distracted by every movement of the car, every conversation, etc.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: dispute