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>Chris
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>Dear Chris,
> This may not exactly be an FAQ but do you know if any work
> was
>done to follow upthe claims that construct scales are often
>assymmetrically bipolar, and in particular that they tend towards a
>Golden Sectiobn proportion ? Adams-Webber wrote about it in the book
>PCT: Concepts and Applications, Ch. 7 (1977).
> Regards,
> Graham Douglas.
>
>
Graham:
I have no idea how many references you may wish to peruse. All of
those listed below are both post 1977 and deal explicitly with specific
"claims that construct scales are often assymmetrically bipolar, and in
particular that they tend towards a Golden Sectiobn proportion":
Adams, B. & Adams-Webber, J. (1992). Testing a computational model of
interpersonal judgment with personal constructs. International Journal of
Personal Construct Psychology , 5, 145-157.
Adams-Webber, J. (1978). A further test of the golden section hypothesis.
British Journal of Psychology, 69, 439-442.
Adams-Webber, J. (1982). Assimilation and contrast in personal judgment.
In J. C. Mancuso & J. Adams-Webber (Eds.), The construing person (pp.
96-112 ). New York: Praeger.
Adams-Webber, J. (1985a). Self-other contrast and the development of
personal constructs. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 17, 303-314
.
Adams-Webber, J. (1985b). Construing self and others. In F.R. Epting &
A.W. Landfield (Eds.), Anticipating personal construct psychology (pp.
58-69). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
.
Adams-Webber, J. (1987). Comment on Lefebvre's model from the perspective
of personal construct theory. Journal of Social and Biological Structures,
10,177-189.
Adams-Webber, J. (1990a). A model of reflexion from the perspective of
personal construct theory. In H. Wheeler (Ed.), The structure of human
reflexion (pp. 93-112). New York: Lang.
Adams-Webber, J. (1990b). Some fundamental asymmetries in the structure of
personal constructs. In G.J. Neimeyer & R.A. Neimeyer (Eds.), Advances in
personal construct psychology (pp 49-85). Greenwich, CT: JAI.
Adams-Webber, J. (1992a). Quantifying positive-negative asymmetries in
subjective judgments. International Journal of Psychology, 27, 270.
Adams-Webber, J. (1992b). Construct asymmetry and the range of convenience
of personal anticipations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 22,
465-481.
Adams-Webber, J. (1995a). A pragmatic constructivist gambit for cognitive
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Adams-Webber, J. (1996a). Personal construct theory. In R. Corsini & A.J.
Auerbach (Eds.), Concise encyclopedia of psychology (pp. 666-667). New
York: John Wiley & Sons.
Adams-Webber, J. (1996b). Asymmetric relations in positive and negative
evaluations of aquaintances. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 9,
45-61.
Adams-Webber, J. (1996c). Comparing self and others in fast reflexion.
International Journal of Psychology, 31, 319.
Adams-Webber, J. (1997). Positive-negative asymmetry in the evaluation of
familiar versus unfamiliar persons and objects. Journal of Constructivist
Psychology, 10, 139-152.
Adams-Webber, J. (in press). Positive-negative asymmetry and bipolar
contrast. Journal of Constructivist Psychology.
Adams-Webber, J. & Davidson, D. L. (1979). Maximum contrast between self
and others in personal judgment. British Journal of Psychology, 70,
517-518.
Adams-Webber, J. & Rodney, Y. (1983). Relational aspects of temporary
changes in construing self and others. Canadian Journal of Behavioural
Science, 15, 52-59.
Allison, S.T. (1990). Social Judgments and the lingering mystery of the
golden section. Contemporary Social Psychology, 14, 180-182.
Batchelder, W. (1990). Some critical issues in Lefebvre's framework for
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human reflexion (pp. 139-156). New York: Lang.
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interpersonal judgment. British Journal of Psychology, 69, 25-35.
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interpersonal descriptions. British Journal of Social and Clinical
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Crowley, A. (1991). The golden section. Psychology and Marketing, 8, 101-116.
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Lee, C. & Adams-Webber, J. (1987). A 'projective' test of the golden
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Lefebvre, V. A. (1985). The golden section and an algebraic model of
ethical cognition. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 29, 289-310.
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Lang.
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Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 36, 100-128.
Lefebvre, V.A., Lefebvre, V.D. & Adams-Webber, J. (1986). Modeling an
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Levitin, L.B. (1990). Niels Bohr's atom and Vladimir Lefebvre's 'inner
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New York: Lang.
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among Polish immigrants in the USA. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 20,
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evaluations: The distinction between affective and informational effects.
In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European Review of Social Psychology
(pp. 33-60). New York: Wiley.
Rapoport, A. (1987). Comments on 'The fundamental structures of human
reflexion' by Vladimir Lefebvre. Journal of Social and Biological
Structures, 10,192- 204
.
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The structure of human reflexion (pp. 121-138). New York: Lang.
Rigdon, M. A. & Epting, F.R. (1982). A test of the golden section
hypothesis with elicited constructs. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 43, 1080-1087.
Romany, S. & Adams-Webber, J. (1981). The golden section hypothesis from a
developmental perspective. Social Behavior and Personality, 9, 89-92.
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Implications for psychopathology. International Journal of Personal
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perception of prisoners. International Journal of Psychology, 27, 385.
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Social and Biological Structures, 10, 103-123.
Wheeler, H. (1990). A reflexional model of the mind's hermeneutic
processes. In H. Wheeler, (Ed.). The structure of human reflexion (pp.
71-92). New York: Lang.
Zajonc, R. B. (1990). Interpersonal affiliation and the golden section. In
H. Wheeler (Ed.), The structure of human reflexion (pp. 169-172). New York:
Lang.
Jack Adams-Webber Tel: 905(688) 5550 [x 3714]
Department of Psychology Fax: 905(688) 6922
Brock University E-mail: jadams@spartan.ac.brocku.ca
St. Catharines, Ontario
CANADA L2S 3A1
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