TY  - JOUR
AB  - An important aspect of Kelly's (1955) personal construct theory ist the postulate, that all human thinking is dichotomous in nature. Empirical research an theoretical arguments, however, question the validity of this postulate. We used a repertory grid test to study personal constructs. Conditions were created to encourage the bipolar use of personal constructs. Furthermore, half of the subjects were encouraged to lists more than two poles for a construct. Results showed that bipolarity is an important but not an essential aspect of personal constructs. A reconceptualization of contrast relations between construct poles is presented that encompasses more than two contrasting concepts and is in line with the concepts of taxonomy and semantic contrast in psycholinguistic and cognitive psychological research.
DA  - 1990
LA  - eng
M2  - 149
PY  - 1990
SN  - 0893-603X
SP  - 149-165
T2  - International journal of personal construct psychology
TI  - The bipolarity of personal constructs
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-bipr-11145
Y2  - 2024-11-22T03:22:55
ER  -