Relations among analytic-perceptual style, awareness, and desire for reinforcement within a Taffel-type verbal conditioning paradigm were assessed. Witkin's Embedded-figures Test and Mayman's Rorschach form level scores were analyzed separately as indices of analytic-style. Data were analyzed by multiple linear regression with linear contrasts. Embedded-figure scores did not relate to any others. But form level interactions with awareness and desire for reinforcement and a triple interaction provided limited support for the hypothesis that an active analytic style facilitates awareness and verbal conditioning, if the reinforcer is desired.
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