Originally published in 1976‎,‎ here is a comprehensive account of the role of cognitive styles in early childhood‎.‎ The author considers the possible precursors of these styles in infancy‎,‎ and offers a new classification scheme that helps to clarify the relation of cognitive styles to ability and intelligence‎.‎ In separate chapters‎,‎ field independence‎-dependence‎,‎ reflection‎-impulsivity‎,‎ breadth of categorization‎,‎ and styles of conceptualization are examined‎,‎ along with a chapter on the interrelationships between these styles‎.‎ The final chapter integrates and critically summarizes the significance of cognitive styles during the early years of life‎.‎ Throughout the volume the author attempts to link cognitive styles with other theoretical constructs ‎(‎for example‎,‎ unilinear versus multilinear models of development‎,‎ Inhelder and Piaget‎'‎s studies