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PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY [2 records]

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Record 1 1995-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

... assumes that personal constructs are dichotomous or bipolar in nature, and personal knowledge can be distinguished in terms of these constructs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Théorie issue de la psychologie et qui décrit la façon dont chaque individu construit personnellement sa vue de la réalité.

DEF

... suppose que les constructions personnelles sont dichotomes ou bipolaires par nature et que les connaissances personnelles peuvent être caractérisées en fonction de ces constructions.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Educational Psychology
DEF

Personality theory of Kelly based on the premise that human behaviour is anticipatory rather than reactive. (The individual construes) his world of experience in terms of bipolar constructs such as mature-immature, cruel-kind.

OBS

Used mainly in clinical psychology, it has become increasingly attractive for educational application.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Psychologie scolaire
CONT

(Dans) la psychologie de la connaissance moderne, (on trouve l'idée) que le bien et le mal, le plaisir et la douleur, l'agréable et le désagréable sont toujours présents à l'esprit lors d'une appréciation sélective. Chacun, en effet, élabore son propre système de «constructions personnelles», grâce auquel il anticipe les événements (...) (G.A. Kelly, 1955; Bannister et Mair, 1968).

Spanish

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