The level of field independence (measured by the Embedded-figures Test) was intercorrelated for 20 males with the level of fixity-mobility (measured by the Stroop Color-Word Test) at five different age levels. The Pearson correlations suggested that with an increase in the level of field independence there is a tendency to be mobile, and with a decrease in the level of field dependence there is a tendency to be fixed.
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