Undergraduates were tested for field dependence on the rod-and-frame apparatus (Experiment 1) or the embedded-figures test (Experiment 2). Thirty-one field-dependent (12 male, 19 female) subjects and 35 field-independent (21 male, 14 female) subjects had the distance between themselves and a male or female confederate of the experimenter measured on an interpersonal distance mat. Although results of both experiments did not yield significant results, when data were combined, results supported the hypothesis that field-dependent persons stood closer to the confederate than did field-independent persons. Results were explained in terms of different cognitive styles relying on different information in the environment.