Gottshaldt figures

Gottschaldt figures is a test aimed at diagnosing field dependence/field independence of the test. This criterion is based on the degree of human freedom from external reference points and the possibility of relying on personal knowledge and experience. The essence of the technique: the search for a reference figure among thirty veiled.

Features of addicted people:

• sociability;
• disposition to society;
• in particular;
• orderliness, predictability;
• illusory perception of the world;
• synthetic.

Features of independent people:

• successful intellectual activity;
• purposefulness;
• high independence;
• pragmatic, structured;
• analyticity.

The more tasks from the “Gottschild Shapes” test performed correctly in less time, the more subject is field independent.