Volume 3, Number 1, March 2015
Download issue in PDF format

Editorial
by Massimo Giliberto

Articles:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Dodgy Science and Dodgy Scientists. The Dancer or the Dance?
by David Green
AbstractDodgy Science and Dodgy Scientists. The Dancer or the Dance?Kelly’s central metaphor of man-the-scientist has been subjected to various criticisms from within and without PCP. People frequently do not construe their worlds in the manner that scientists are supposed to make sense of events. Nor, it appears from a series of recent publications, do a significant number of scientists. Do these revelations further undermine the credibility of the 'man-the-scientist' metaphor or does the complementary notion of the Scientist as Person illustrate the continued usefulness of Kelly’s big idea?
Keywords: Personal Construct Theory, “man-the-scientist”.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Dodgy Science and Dodgy Scientists. The Dancer or the Dance? (English original version)
by David Green
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Embracing guilt, excavating shame
by Bernardette O’Sullivan
AbstractEmbracing guilt, excavating shameGeorge Kelly gave much attention to guilt as a psychological construct of transition and as an important emotional experience centrally involved in the construction of the self. It is argued here that when his writings are read in detail the construct of guilt is seen to bear a remarkable similarity to shame as usually understood. The consequences of working with Kelly’s particular construction of guilt are considered and particularly in the light of more recent psychological and bio psychosocial research.
Exploring guilt also raises the interesting question of the relationship between core and core role constructs. Finally, it is argued that Kelly’s attention to the “other in the self” (relational ontology) is a most valuable contribution and one which his understanding of guilt illustrates, above all else.
Keywords: guilt, shame, core constructs, core-role constructs, socio-relational domain.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Embracing guilt, excavating shame (English original version)
by Bernardette O’Sullivan
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Teaching psychotherapy in constructivist psychotherapy: the model of the Institute of Constructivist Psychology. When the post-modern meets the ancient
by Francesca Del Rizzo
AbstractTeaching psychotherapy in constructivist psychotherapy: the model of the Institute of Constructivist Psychology. When the post-modern meets the ancientTeaching psychotherapy is a new discipline. The literature on this issue is very scarce. Balzani et al. (2011) tried to illustrate the formative model created by the Institute of Constructivist Psychology in Padua. This model stems directly from the epistemological assumptions of Personal Construct Psychology (Kelly, 1955). In this paper a further reflection on ICP model is made thanks to references at the art of teaching philosophy in Ancient Greece. Some analogies are highlighted and the role of the teacher is particularly underlined.
Keywords: psychotherapy – study & teaching, teaching philosophy, constructivism, constructivist
psychotherapy, Kelly, G.A..
Interviews:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Through daughter’s eyes: a glance on life and work of Gregory Bateson. Interview to Nora Bateson
by Elena Bordin and Carlo Capuzzo
Nora BatesonThrough daughter’s eyes: a glance on life and work of Gregory Bateson. Interview to Nora BatesonNora Bateson is a media producer and educator. Her work includes documentaries, magazine columns and multimedia productions. She also develops curriculum for elementary and high school students. Nora, who currently lives in Vancouver, dedicates her expertise to encourage children and young adult to see and understand the interrelatedness of the natural world with that of the “human-made” world using all media. She is focused on utilizing media and storytelling to encourage cultural understanding, social justice, and environmental awareness. Actually, the main Nora project is to promote and accompany the film An Ecology of Mind as well as compiling a book of her father's unpublished works.
Keywords: Nora Bateson, Gregory Bateson, cybernetic thinking, Systemic theory, documentary, ecologic
though, An Ecology of Mind.
Book reviews:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
“Ambienti di apprendimento e nuove tecnologie. Nuove applicazioni della didattica costruttivista nella scuola” edited by Anna Carletti and Andrea Varani
by Giovanni Stella
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Video Review “Introduction to Qualitative Grids” with Professor Harry Procter, PhD, edited by Personal Construct Psychology Association (PCPA)
by Chiara Centomo
Special section: Hinkle’s dissertation
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
The long march towards a theory of personality. Structure and change in the light of theory of constructive implications
by Simone Cheli
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Translating Hinkle
by Francesca Del Rizzo
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
The change of constructs from the viewpoint of a theory of construct implications. Dissertation presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University
by Dennis Neil Hinkle, B.A., M.A.
Appendix