THE INTERNET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF
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Elicitation of core construct
The ways of elicitation of core constructs are numerous and based on different techniques. Core constructs can be explored through interviewing techniques such as laddering and ABC. They may be inferred from self-characterization sketches as constructs which are given greater importance others and often repeated (Kelly, 1955, says that emphasis is a sign of importance). Other elicitation techniques include the use of implication and bi-implication grids (the constructs with the biggest number of implications represent the core constructs) or resistance-to-change grid (core constructs are the ones with the biggest number of resistances to change). They can also be elicited by the use of numerous qualitative techniques ("Rivers of Life"; Pope & Denicolo, 2001, "A Pack of Lies"; Bright, 1986, "Personal reincarnations"; Stojnov, 2003, etc.).
References
  • Bright, J. (1986). A pack of lies. Unpublished Diploma thesis. London: Centre for Personal Construct Psychology.
  • Pope, M. & Denicolo, P. (2001). Transformative education: personal construct approaches to practice and rsearch. London: Whurr.
  • Stojnov, D. (2003): Psihologija licnih konstrukata: Uvod u teoriju i terapiju.(Psychology of Personal Constructs: Introduction to Theory and Therapy. Belgrade: Zepter Bookworld.
Dušan Stojnov
Establ. 2003
Last update: 1 December 2003