Personal Construct Psychology Viv Burr Personal Construct Psychology

Personal Construct Psychology Viv Burr

Personal Construct Psychology A healthy diet A good hotel A bad father

Personal Construct Psychology George Kelly (1930 s) The Psychology of Personal Constructs (1955) Uniqueness of the person Focus on personal meanings CONSTRUCTS

Personal Construct Psychology Poles Bi-Polar eg friendly atmosphere vs unwelcoming

Personal Construct Psychology Repertory Grid Enables you to: Examine the person’s unique pattern of constructs (“Individuality”) Examine the relationships between constructs Examine the relationships between objects or events for the person Examine shared construing (“Commonality”)

Personal Construct Psychology Preferred pole 0 Contrast (nonpreferred) pole X

Personal Construct Psychology Stage 1: Role Repertory Test Steps: Think of a number of “Elements” Construct elicitation using triads (groups of 3) or dyads (pairs)

Personal Construct Psychology Stage 2: complete the grid 1. Enter the constructs on your grid Using 0 for the left (preferred) pole and X for the right (contrast, non-preferred) pole: Enter preferred pole Enter contrast (non-preferred) pole Use one row for each construct

Personal Construct Psychology 2. Score the elements on the constructs Taking each construct (row) in turn, enter a 0 or X in the boxes in that row to represent which pole of the construct each element lies at for you.

Personal Construct Psychology Preferred 0 Mars Kit- Snickers Milky Lion Kat Way Bar Bounty Ideal Nonpreferred X not too sweet X 0 0 0 too sweet has bits X 0 0 X 0 smooth hard X 0 0 X X X 0 soft satisfying 0 X 0 X 0 Still hungry chewy 0 X 0 X 0 not chewy Solid 0 X 0 X 0 insubstantial

Personal Construct Psychology Related Elements: Snickers, Ideal and Milky Way Related constructs: satisfying/still hungry & chewy/not chewy has bits/smooth & hard/soft

Personal Construct Psychology References Butt and Burr (2004) An Invitation to Personal Construct Psychology. 2 nd edition. London: Whurr publishers. Caputi, P. , Viney, L. , Walker, B. M. and Crittenden, N. (eds) (2012) Personal Construct Methodology. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Kelly, G. (1955). The psychology of personal constructs. New York: Norton. Banister, P. , Burman, E. , Parker, I. , Taylor, M. and Tindall, C. (1994) Qualitative Methods in Psychology, Buckingham: Open University Press. Fransella, F. and Bannister, D. (1977) A manual for repertory grid technique. Academic Press Inc. Neimeyer, G. J. (1993) Constructivist Assessment. London: Sage.