▁restrict ing ▁Black ▁women ▁in ▁America , ▁their ▁lived ▁experiences ▁are ▁not ▁limited ▁to ▁their ▁individual ▁development , ▁but ▁rather ▁become ▁both ▁inn ately ▁political , ▁and ▁reflect ive ▁of ▁their ▁social ▁environment . ▁ ▁Content ▁ ▁Field ▁Dep endency ▁ ▁The ▁basis ▁of ▁Harris - Per ry ' s ▁book ▁Sister ▁Cit izen ▁surr ounds ▁ideas ▁of ▁field ▁dependency , ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁cogn itive ▁soci ology ▁studies . ▁More ▁specifically , ▁Harris - Per ry ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁study ▁known ▁as ▁“ The ▁Cro oked ▁Room ”. ▁In ▁this ▁experiment , ▁a ▁subject ▁enters ▁a ▁“ cro oked ▁room ” ▁and ▁s its ▁down ▁in ▁a ▁“ cro oked ▁chair ” ▁and ▁is ▁instruct ed ▁to ▁adjust ▁themselves ▁until ▁they ▁are ▁aligned ▁per pend icular ▁to ▁the ▁room . ▁While ▁some ▁subjects ▁displayed ▁" field ▁independence " ▁and ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁straight en ▁themselves ▁despite ▁their ▁cro oked ▁surr ound ings , ▁others ▁would ▁show ▁examples ▁of ▁field ▁dependency ▁and ▁try ▁to ▁align ▁themselves ▁with ▁their ▁surr ound ings , ▁sometimes ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁til ting ▁their ▁bodies ▁to ▁an ▁extreme ▁ 3 5 ▁degrees . ▁Harris - Per ry ▁uses ▁this ▁study ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁way ▁in ▁which ▁people ▁will ▁un cons ci ously ▁dist ort ▁themselves ▁to ▁their ▁surr ound ings . ▁Despite ▁the ▁cro oked ness ▁and ▁mis information ▁they ▁were ▁being ▁fed , ▁the ▁field - dependent ▁subjects ▁couldn ' t ▁separate ▁reality ▁from ▁pre con ce ived ▁ideas ▁of ▁how ▁they ▁relate ▁to