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APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Appl. Cognit. Psychol. (2008)
Published online in Wiley InterScience
() DOI: 10.1002/acp.1473
The New Object-Spatial-Verbal Cognitive Style Model:
Theory and Measurement
OLESYA BLAZHENKOVA and MARIA KOZHEVNIKOV*
Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
SUMMARY
The current study challenges traditional approaches to Visual–Verbal cognitive style as a unitary
bipolar dimension, and instead suggests a new three-dimensional cognitive style model developed on
the basis of modern cognitive science theories that distinguish between object imagery, spatial
imagery and verbal dimensions. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the
overall fit to the data of the new three-dimensional model of cognitive style was significantly better
than that of a traditional model. Furthermore, based on the new theoretical model, we designed and
validated a new self-report instrument assessing the individual differences in object imagery, spatial
imagery and verbal cognitive styles, the Object-Spatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire (OSIVQ).
Across a series of studies, the OSIVQ demonstrated acceptable internal reliability as well as
construct, criterion and ecological validity. The current study supports the validity of an object-
spatial-verbal cognitive style dimension and related measures when developed on the basis of modern
cognitive science theories. Copyright # 2008 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
Cognitive styles refer to psychological dimensions representing consistencies in an
individual’s manner of cognitive functioning, particularly with respect to acquiring and
processing information (Ausburn Ausburn, 1978; Messick, 1976; Witkin, Moore,
Goodenough, Cox, 1977). One of the most commonly acknowl
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