Re: (Fwd) polarity and the Golden Section

Jack Adams-Webber (jadams@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA)
Thu, 6 Feb 1997 13:47:38 -0500

>This is one that I'm sure Jack or one of his research colleagues will
>be happy to pick up.

>
>Chris
>
>
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>Dear Chris,
> This may not exactly be an FAQ but do you know if any work
> was
>done to follow upthe claims that construct scales are often
>assymmetrically bipolar, and in particular that they tend towards a
>Golden Sectiobn proportion ? Adams-Webber wrote about it in the book
>PCT: Concepts and Applications, Ch. 7 (1977).
> Regards,
> Graham Douglas.
>
>

Graham:

I have no idea how many references you may wish to peruse. All of
those listed below are both post 1977 and deal explicitly with specific
"claims that construct scales are often assymmetrically bipolar, and in
particular that they tend towards a Golden Sectiobn proportion":

Adams, B. & Adams-Webber, J. (1992). Testing a computational model of
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Adams-Webber, J. (1978). A further test of the golden section hypothesis.
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Adams-Webber, J. (1985a). Self-other contrast and the development of
personal constructs. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 17, 303-314
.
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A.W. Landfield (Eds.), Anticipating personal construct psychology (pp.
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.
Adams-Webber, J. (1987). Comment on Lefebvre's model from the perspective
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Adams-Webber, J. (1990a). A model of reflexion from the perspective of
personal construct theory. In H. Wheeler (Ed.), The structure of human
reflexion (pp. 93-112). New York: Lang.

Adams-Webber, J. (1990b). Some fundamental asymmetries in the structure of
personal constructs. In G.J. Neimeyer & R.A. Neimeyer (Eds.), Advances in
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Adams-Webber, J. (1997). Positive-negative asymmetry in the evaluation of
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Adams-Webber, J. (in press). Positive-negative asymmetry and bipolar
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Jack Adams-Webber Tel: 905(688) 5550 [x 3714]
Department of Psychology Fax: 905(688) 6922
Brock University E-mail: jadams@spartan.ac.brocku.ca
St. Catharines, Ontario
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