Cognitive styles in Industrial design
Autor
Álvarez R., Fernando A.
Martínez S., Edgar E.
Institución
Resumen
The article presents the results of a
research Project aimed at making a characterization
of Cognitive Styles (CS) in the dimension of field
sensibility-independence, of a sample of 126
Industrial Design students of the Jorge Tadeo
Lozano University (JTLU) in Colombia, 90,47% of
them come from the central Andean region. The
guiding approach of our project is the Theory of
Psychological Differentiation in the version of the
Sawa, Gottschadt, Embedded Figures (SG-EFT)
[20]. The results of the SG-EFT tests are crossed to
some variables of individual, eco-cultural and
social study identifying the conditions of cognitive
styles that favor processes of innovation. These
indicate a trend toward students with a field
independent style. The results support some
correspondence to those of Hederich et al. and other
researchers in the field independence trend. It is
expected that this project contributes pedagogy and
didactics within the university context, add
guidance to future generations in the development
of design abilities and play a role in the processes
of innovation.