This teaching manual is the third in a series of seven designed for use in bilingual/bicultural programs. The subject discussed here is the influence of socialization practices on children's cognitive styles and in particular, children's learning styles, and the implications this has for bilingual/bicultural education. The characteristics of field sensitive and field independent cognitive styles are described, followed by a discussion of the relationship between cognitive style and culture and socialization styles. An illustration of this relationship is drawn from the situation of Mexican-American children, who typically score in a field sensitive direction on tests of cognitive style. Such scores are thought to result from the traditional Mexican-American emphasis on family loyalty and a close interpersonal relationship between mother and children, values that encourage field sensitivity. An appreciation of the diversity of cognitive and socialization styles must precede the planning of culturally democratic educational environments. A manual of self-assessment units accompanies this series. (Author/AM)