Situational Variability in Personal Construing and Social Cognitive Development |
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| Authors: | Susan L. Kline |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Speech Communication , University of Washington |
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| Abstract: | Abstract This study assesses whether contextually based shifts in repertory grid ratings represent an interpretabte individual difference in social cognitive functioning. A group of 117 subjects rated role figures in both general and specific behavioral contexts. Subjects also completed measures of conceptual system abstractness and construct system organization. Results showed significant shifts in grid ratings when role figures are judged in specified as opposed to unspecified contexts. Also, subjects with greater shifts in grid ratings possessed more abstract conceptual systems and formed more highly organized impressions than subjects with fewer shifts in grid ratings |
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