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THE EXPERIMENTAL USE OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH: THE CRITICAL TRIAD PROCEDURE
Author(s) -
POSTLETHWAITE KEITH,
JASPARS JOS
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1986.tb03038.x
Subject(s) - repertory grid , psychology , triad (sociology) , construct (python library) , perception , personal construct theory , social psychology , psychoanalysis , computer science , programming language , neuroscience
S ummary . The paper discusses a modification of the triadic elicitation procedure which is commonly used to reveal subjects' personal constructs. The modification enables personal construct methodology to be used in the experimental, rather than descriptive or diagnostic exploration of research problems. The paper discusses one application of this modified procedure which relates to teachers' assessment of pupils' potential in physics. On the basis of the new elicitation procedure hypotheses were formed about the relationship between teachers' ratings of pupils on individual constructs, and teachers' overall assessments of pupils' potential. These hypotheses were tested using repertory grid data and results consistent with favourite and disqualifying cue models of person perception were obtained.