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Mobility-fixity: further psychometric data on the field independence of accountants. 1995

T Y Mills
Department of Accountancy, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA.

This study examined the performance of 49 accountants on the Group Embedded Figures Test and the Figural Intersections Test and used the two sets of scores to measure not only the accountants' field dependence-independence but also whether they may be mobile or fixed. This combination of test scores led to dividing accountants into one of four cognitive subtypes (field-independent scorers, both fixed and mobile, and field-dependent scorers, both fixed and mobile). The implications of mobility-fixity for accountants are discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010551 Personality Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual. Personalities
D011340 Problem Solving A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.
D005260 Female Females
D005364 Field Dependence-Independence The ability to respond to segments of the perceptual experience rather than to the whole. Dependence-Independence, Field,Dependence-Independences, Field,Field Dependence Independence,Field Dependence-Independences
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000066 Accounting System of recording financial transactions. Accountings
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001288 Attention Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating. Focus of Attention,Selective Attention,Social Attention,Attention Focus,Attention, Selective,Attention, Social,Selective Attentions

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