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Descriptor English: Personal Construct Theory
Descriptor Spanish: Teoría de Construcción Personal
Descriptor teoría de los constructos personales
Scope note: Teoría psicológica basada en las dimensiones o categorías utilizadas por una persona dada en describir o explicar la personalidad y la conducta de otros o de sí misma. La idea básica es que personas diferentes utilizan categorías diferentes de modo constante. La teoría fue formulada en los años 50 por George Kelly. Dos pruebas ideadas por él son la prueba del repertorio de constructos de roles y la prueba del repertorio de parrilla. (Stuart Sutherland, The International Dictionary of Psychology, 1989)
Descriptor Portuguese: Teoria da Construção Pessoal
Descriptor French: Théorie des construits personnels
Entry term(s): Construct Theories, Personal
Construct Theory, Personal
Personal Construct Theories
Theories, Personal Construct
Theory, Personal Construct
Tree number(s): F02.739.660
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018187
Scope note: A psychological theory based on dimensions or categories used by a given person in describing or explaining the personality and behavior of others or of himself. The basic idea is that different people will use consistently different categories. The theory was formulated in the fifties by George Kelly. Two tests devised by him are the role construct repertory test and the repertory grid test. (From Stuart Sutherland, The International Dictionary of Psychology, 1989)
Annotation: includes personal construct, personal construct method, personal construct organization, etc.; for personal construct therapy, coordinate with PSYCHOTHERAPY
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31198
Unique ID: D018187
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/02
Personal Construct Theory - Preferred
Concept UI M0027416
Scope note A psychological theory based on dimensions or categories used by a given person in describing or explaining the personality and behavior of others or of himself. The basic idea is that different people will use consistently different categories. The theory was formulated in the fifties by George Kelly. Two tests devised by him are the role construct repertory test and the repertory grid test. (From Stuart Sutherland, The International Dictionary of Psychology, 1989)
Preferred term Personal Construct Theory
Entry term(s) Construct Theories, Personal
Construct Theory, Personal
Personal Construct Theories
Theories, Personal Construct
Theory, Personal Construct



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