James W. Grice, Ph.D.
  Professor
   Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1995
   B.S., Wright State University, 1987

     Department of Psychology
     116 North Murray
     Oklahoma State University
     Stillwater, OK 74078-3064

     e-mail: james.grice]att[okstate.edu.
     Office: (405)-744-6567
     Laboratory: (405)-744-4098
     FAX: (405)-744-8067
     Office Room #: 416 North Murray
     Labs: 321 & 323 North Murray

     Schedule:

         Spring 2010
            Psyc 3214 T,Th  9:00-10:15    331 HES
            Psyc 5314 M  10:30 - 1:10   202 NM
            Office Hours: T, Th 1:00-2:00

        
      Background & Current Research

I am a quantitative/personality psychologist with specific interests in multivariate statistical methods and personality assessment. I have published and presented a number of papers on factor scores (see link below) and have completed the second version of a computer program (see link below) for administering, manipulating, and analyzing repertory grids and other forms of self-report data. I also have interests in philosophy of science, George Kelly's Personal Construct Psychology, C. G. Jung's theory of personality, the Roman Catholic intellectual and mystical traditions, and psychology of religion.

My students and I are currently pursuing several lines of research. First, we are studying a mathematical model of self-reflexion and using it to predict overall patterns of responses to binary adjectives (e.g., "happy-sad", "outgoing-shy") commonly employed in personality, social, and attitudinal research. We have conducted three studies with this model, and the results are promising but unconvincing. For future studies we are planning a number of experimental manipulations to test specific parameters of the model. On the analytical front, we hope to develop the model further to work on an individual level rather than across individuals.

Our second line of research involves applying repertory grid methods (using Idiogrid) and George Kelly's Personal Construct Theory to problems in mainstream personality and social psychology. In two studies we developed methods for comparing, contrasting, and combining nomothetic and idiographic ratings of self and others. We were then able to empirically assess the effectiveness of the Big Five personality factors in encompassing individuals' free-response descriptions of themselves and others. We found that approximately 50% of the variability in the ratings for the free-response descriptions was left unaccounted for by the Big Five factors. In two other studies we used repertory grid methods to assess self-discrepancies between individuals' actual, ideal, and ought selves on marker items for the Big Five personality factors. Our methods represented a substantial improvement over existing methods for assessing self-discrepancies. With these improved methods, however, we were not able to replicate many of the touted findings linking different self-discrepancies to particular emotional states. In future studies, we plan to expand upon these studies and to develop and test a new scaling method for repertory grids.

Further information regarding our research can be found at: Personality Research Laboratory at OSU

 

 


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Last update: 19-January-2010