Re: Suggestsions studies based in constructivism/Intro

Jack Adams-Webber (jadams@spartan.ac.brocku.ca)
Fri, 25 Mar 94 08:44:50 -0500

>Jim
>
>You wrote:
>> If a person uses the construct STUPID-INTELLIGENT to make
>> judgments about people, his/her application might fail to
>> [Areplicate normal distribution [Adams-Webber and others have shown
>> that constructs are generally applied in a roughly 33 percent
>> negative, 66 percent positive fashion.] As personal construct
>> psychologists we cannot enter into a discussion of whether or not
>> the person applies that construct "correctly."

EXCUSE ME - THAT SHOULD READ 37% and 63%, i.e., 1/e 0.368 and 1 - (1/e)
0.632; or alternatively 62%,as in ( 5 -1)/2 = 0.61803....(known in
mathematics as the 'golden section').
>
> I would be pleased if you could provide details of these references.
>
HERE ARE SOME RELEVANT ITEMS:

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I hope that you find these of some interest.

Cheers,

Jack Adams-Webber
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