The Presence of Self in the Person

Reflexive Positioning and Personal Constructs Psychology

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ID8975583
AuthorsR A Jones (0000-0002-5419-677X, corresponding author), Raya Jones
Year1997
Volume27
Issue4
Pages453-471
Publication date1997-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-5914.00051
OpenAlexW1999268257
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Tan and Moghaddam’s (1995) ‘reflexive positioning’ expansion of Harré’s positioning theory provokes consideration of psychological factors underlying the discursive production of selves. However, it understates the issue, why do people appropriate particular positions, hearable in utterances, as applicable to themselves. Some of the theoretical ambiguities dissipate when positioning is approached from a personal‐constructs perspective (Kelly 1995), which draws attention to personal construction of selves, as distinct from social construction, and describes the dynamics of individual continuity, though understating the concrete contextuality of personal becoming. The present essay considers the compatibility of the personal constructs approach with Harré’s positioning theory

Epistemology · Perspective (graphical · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Cognitive and psychological constructs research · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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