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The Stability of Cognitive Complexity in Construing Social Issues
Author(s) -
EPTING FRANZ R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1972.tb00792.x
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , interpersonal communication , stability (learning theory) , construct (python library) , cognition , psychology , cognitive complexity , cognitive psychology , social cognition , interpersonal relationship , social psychology , computer science , psychiatry , machine learning , programming language
The stability of the amount of cognitive differentiation involved in construing social issues was investigated. Using a common set of construct dimensions, three cognitive complexity instruments were built, each containing a different set of social issues. The three instruments were readministered one week later. The stability indices obtained here, on social issues, were comparable in magnitude to those reported in studies of interpersonal construing. During the second administration of the complexity instruments, there was an increase in the correlations across social issues and a decrease in complexity level.