Objective constructs and cognitive structure.
Some relations between objective content and concrete structure in cognitive systems are examined in repertory grids completed by 58 individuals. Predictions that systems with objective content would show less discrimination, differentiation and integration were unconfirmed, results tending in the opposite direction to that hypothesized. There was a similar outcome for six measures of cognitive style as dependent variables. It it suggested that objective-subjective constructs and their concrete-abstract use should be further investigated with the expectation of finding more complex relations in individuals' cognitive systems.
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics