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Dimensions of meaning elicited from subjects were used to test the golden section hypothesis, which predicts that when people use bipolar dimensions to make judgments about their personal acquaintances, they will use the evaluatively positive pole an average of 62% of the time. Forty-four subjects completed a Role Construct Repertory Test with 21 acquaintances judged in terms of 18 elicited dimensions. Results supported the extension of the golden section to dichotomous judgments with elicited constructs and also to scalar judgments for males. This study provides the first direct evidence of the greater perceived usefulness of those constructs which subjects used in the 62/38 proportion. The discussion focuses on the implications of the results for the manner in which people use their personal constructions of others.

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