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This study investigated the effects of cognitive style and gender on adolescents’ problem solving ability. Two hundred and forty senior secondary school students (109 males and 131 females; mean age=16.5 years; SD=2.56) were participants in the study. The Group Embedded Figures Test was used to classify participants into field independent (n=127) and field dependent (n=113) cognitive styles. A 16×14...