21 deprived Negro, 41 deprived rural Caucasian and 23 non-deprived Caucasian preschool children viewed 12 figure pairs and indicated which figure of each pair was upside down. Analysis of variance results demonstrated significant differences in focal-point dependency between non-deprived urban Caucasians and deprived urban Negroes, and between deprived urban Negroes and deprived rural Caucasians. No significant differences were found between non-deprived urban Caucasians and deprived rural Caucasians.
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