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Dimensions of construing in psychiatric patients
Author(s) -
Murphy A. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198110)37:4<728::aid-jclp2270370407>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - psychology , heuristic , perception , social perception , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science
Analysis of the perceptions of schizophrenics suggests that there are significant differences between their constructions of the social world and those of normal S s. The development of heuristic classifications, such as “psychological” and “nonpsychological,” has demonstrated some of the dimensions on which perceptual differences may exist. The results of this study ( N = 170) suggest that simple heuristic classifications may obscure some of the complexity involved in the analysis of social perceptions.