摘要
Concern has been raised about the reliability of Riding芒芒芒s (1991) verbal芒芒芒imagery dimension of the popular Cognitive Style Analysis (CSA) test (Peterson, Deary, & Austin, 2003a, 2003b; Rezaei & Katz, 2004). This led Peterson (2003) to develop a new test of Verbal芒芒芒Imagery Cognitive Style (the VICS test). We report the development of the VICS test and the findings from two studies which compare the reliability of the VICS with the CSA芒芒芒s verbal芒芒芒imagery dimension. In the first study, 50 participants completed the VICS and the verbal芒芒芒imagery dimension of the CSA test twice, about a week apart. The verbal芒芒芒imagery style ratios, which are used in both tests to assess a person芒芒芒s verbal芒芒芒imagery cognitive style, showed high internal consistency (r>0.72) and acceptable stability at re-test (r