The internal consistency of measures of cognitive structure.

Abstract

The distribution of judgments between alternative poles of a construct, derived from the grid form of Kelly''s Role Construct Repertory Test, influenced the interpretation of measures of cognitive structure. Investigations of the reliability of these measures have excluded the possibility that differentiation on the basis of similarity is distinct from differentiation on the basis of contrast. Judgments of similarity were assumed to be different from those of contrast in the present study. The present evaluation of internal consistency, temporal stability and construct validity for 10 measures of cognitive structure indicated 1 measure satisfied criteria on these 3 attributes.