{"product_id":"a-manual-for-repertory-grid-technique-isbn-9780470854907","title":"A Manual for Repertory Grid Technique","description":"First published in 1977, this now classic manual has been completely revised and updated to reflect the enormous changes that have taken place both in the popularity of repertory grid methods and in the study of the methods themselves. \u003cp\u003eAimed at novices as well as those already knowledgeable about grid usage, this manual provides an overview of George Kelly’s personal construct theory, which underpins repertory grid methods. The reader will learn how to design a grid, with guidance on how to choose elements and ways of eliciting personal constructs that can influence the results obtained.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition includes multiple examples of grids, as well as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew chapters on the main computer methods of analysis available\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupporting website with grid analysis programs available to download\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtended annotated bibliography of the many examples of grid usage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to psychology students, practitioners and academics. Other professionals who will find this an invaluable guide include managers, teachers and educationalists, speech and language therapists, nurses, probation officers and psychiatrists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The Basis of Repertory Grid Technique 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrids: What Are They? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Grid as Part of Personal Construct Theory 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrids: a Measure of What? 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrids are about Constructs 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Personal Construct Theory Corollaries 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferent Kinds of Construct 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstructs in Transition 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Constructs And Elements 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is an Element? 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a Construct? 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElements in a Grid 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature and Types of Constructs in a Grid 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWays of Eliciting Personal Constructs from ’Elements’ 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEliciting Personal Constructs in Ways other than from ’Elements’ 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEliciting Constructs from Constructs 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Elicit or to Supply Constructs? 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassification of Constructs 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhich are more Important in a Grid – Elements or Constructs? 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstructs and Elements: the Debate 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComment 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Varieties Of Grid In Use Today 54\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Grid Form of the Role Construct Repertory Test 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Split-Half Method of Allocating Elements 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Grid Using Rankings 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Grid Using Ratings 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications and Resistance-to-Change Grids 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance-to-Change Grid 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Bipolar Implications Grid 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDependency Grid 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Textual Grid 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Qualitative Grid 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComment 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Analyzing Grid Data 82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepertory Grids 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalyzing Constructs 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalyzing Elements 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoint Representations of Constructs and Elements 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentations of Multiple Repertory Grid Data 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDependency Grids 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications Grids 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Some Summary Measures Of Structure 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive Complexity 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremity and Ordination 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConflict 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElement Indices 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasures of Superordinacy 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasures of Intransitivity 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications Grids 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDependency Grids 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComment 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Reliability and Validity 132\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReliability 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidity 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Specific Ways Of Using Grids 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Individual and the Grid 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Decision-Making Grid 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWholly or Partially Standardized Grid Formats 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Some Uses To Which Grids Have Been Put 168\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrids in General 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Clinical Setting 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking with Children 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeachers and Teaching 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Construing of Professionals 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThose With Learning Difficulties 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Relationships 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDependency 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Use and Abuse of Drugs 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Family 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForensic Work 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps, Planning and Environment 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket Research 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCareers 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganizational and Business Applications 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Unusual Uses of Grids 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix Computer Programs and Websites 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 262\u003c\/p\u003e \"...integrity and up-to-date scholarship demands our attention...\" (\u003ci\u003eConstructive Interventionist Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e, August 2004)  \u003cb\u003eFay Fransella\u003c\/b\u003e is Founder and Director of the Center for Personal Construct Psychology, Emeritus Reader in Clinical Psychology, University of London and Visiting Professor of Personal Construct Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire. She has written 11 books, eight of them specifically relating to personal construct psychology and the use of repertory grids, and she has published over 150 journal papers and book chapters. She wrote the first edition of \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eManual for Repertory Grid Technique\u003c\/i\u003e with Don Bannister for Academic Press in 1977.\u003cbr\u003e She trained and worked as an occupational therapist for 10 years before taking a degree in psychology and a postgraduate diploma in clinical psychology in 1962. It was during her first job as a lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, that she was introduced to George Kelly’s personal construct psychology and his repertory grid method. Both were revolutionary alternatives to the dominant behaviorism of the time. She found the view that we are all free agents responsible for what we make of the events which continually confront us particularly liberating. Since that time she has conducted research, together with teaching and writing, within the framework of Kelly’s ideas. Her main area of research has been stuttering, for which she used a form of repertory grid. She has also conducted research on weight disorders and various psychological problems.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Bell\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne. He is interested practical problems of measurement in clinical, organizational and educational settings. He has written extensively on the analysis of repertory grid data and has authored widely used software for the analysis of such data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe influence of \u003cb\u003eDon Bannister\u003c\/b\u003e in arousing interest in George Kelly’s theory and methods of assessment has been profound. Even after his untimely death in 1986 his influence continues, through those he inspired, through his professional research and writings, and also through his four novels. In the year in which this second edition of the \u003ci\u003eManual for Repertory Grid Techniques\u003c\/i\u003e is published the 15th International Congress in Personal Construct Psychology was held in Huddersfield, UK, focusing on that outstanding influence. He spent much of his professional life carrying out research for the UK Medical Research Council, which included a year working with George Kelly at Ohio State University in 1965. He saw the psychology of personal constructs as an approach to the person that was empowering, democratic and, above all, valuable in helping people understand themselves and others. He was insistent that psychologists should use what power and influence they have to make a difference in the lives of people. He would have taken great interest in the vast amount of new work that has been carried out with and into that tool which is detailed in this second edition of the book that he co-authored in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e  First published in 1977, this now classic manual has been completely revised and updated to reflect the enormous changes that have taken place both in the popularity of repertory grid methods and in the study of the methods themselves.   \u003cp\u003eAimed at novices as well as those already knowledgeable about grid usage, this manual provides an overview of George Kelly’s personal construct theory, which underpins repertory grid methods. The reader will learn how to design a grid, with guidance on how to choose elements and ways of eliciting personal constructs that can influence the results obtained.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition includes multiple examples of grids, as well as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003enew chapters on the main computer methods of analysis available\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea supporting website with grid analysis programs available to download\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ean extended annotated bibliography of the many examples of grid usage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to psychology students, practitioners and academics. Other professionals who will find this an invaluable guide include managers, teachers and educationalists, speech and language therapists, nurses, probation officers and psychiatrists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988638056677,"sku":"NP9780470854907","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470854907.jpg?v=1761781070","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-manual-for-repertory-grid-technique-isbn-9780470854907","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}