Personal constructs and the perception of individual differences.

Used the repertory grid method with 24 undergraduates to investigate the hypothesis that skill in inferring the personal constructs of others is related to the level of differentiation achieved by S in structuring his social environment in terms of his own construct system. It was found that if Ss characterized close personal associates in a way that was consistent with the structure of their own self-concepts, Ss were less accurate in discriminating between 2 new acquaintances in terms of the latters' own previously-elicited personal constructs. However, Ss who differentiated between themselves and close associates on the grid performed such discriminations more accurately. (French summary) (19 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)