It was hypothesized that raters whose cognitive style was more articulated would respond more accurately than raters whose cognitive style was more global when an overall rating scale was used. Ninety-five undergraduates participated as raters. They read vignettes describing four hypothetical psychology instructors, rated the instructors on an overall rating scale, and completed the Group Embedded Figures Test, a measure of cognitive style. The correlation between cognitive style and rating accuracy (r = -24) was significant, p >.05, suggesting that cognitive style may significantly affect rating accuracy.