Concept information
Preferred term
Personal Construct Theory
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Note
- includes personal construct, personal construct method, personal construct organization, etc.; for personal construct therapy, coordinate with PSYCHOTHERAPY
Scope note
- A psychological theory based on dimensions or categories used by a given person in describing or explaining the personality and behavior of others or of himself. The basic idea is that different people will use consistently different categories. The theory was formulated in the fifties by George Kelly. Two tests devised by him are the role construct repertory test and the repertory grid test. (From Stuart Sutherland, The International Dictionary of Psychology, 1989)
History note
- 94
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018187
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