الأسلوب المعرفي (تصلب-مرونة)‎ و علاقته بالتوجه نحو مساعدة الآخرين لدى طلبة كلية التربية بجامعة الموصل

Abstract EN

The present research aims at measuring the cognitive style (rigidity-flexibility) and identifying the orientation towards help and the relation between the cognitive style and orientation towards help according to the variables of sex and subject specialization.

To realize the aims of research, the two researchers used the scale of cognitive style prepared by (al-Qubaysi, 1989) and the scale of orientation towards help prepared by (al-Shummayri,2006).

Face validity was calculated and reliability was also calculated by applying the method of(test-re-)on the two scales.

Reliability of the cognitive style scale summed up to (0,80) and the reliability of the orientation towards help scale summed up to (0,84).

The data was processed statistically by applying the(one-sample t-test, independent-samples t-test and pearson's correlation coefficient).

The mast important conclusion of the study shows that the College of Education students have a cognitive style and orientation towards help.

Also there is no statistical relation between the cognitive style and the orientation towards help according to the variables of sex and subject specialization.

In the light of the conclusions the two researcher presented some suggestions and recommendations.