Central core theory

Moliner, Pascal; Abric, Jean-Claude

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“…In line with his proposals, an SR can be considered as a structured and organized sociocognitive field. The whole SR is organized by a limited number of largely shared and consensual elements in a given social group (Abric, , 2001; Lahlou & Abric, ; Moliner & Abric, ; Rateau et al, ). This limited number of cognitions is called the central core of the SR (Abric, , 2001).…”

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“…The problem is that there are only uncollected scientific articles concerning the methodologies developed and used in the framework of this theoretical approach and few of them are written in English. Yet, the structural approach constitutes one of the main developments of the theory (Garnier, ; Moliner & Abric, ; Rateau et al, ) and has led to methodologies frequently used in the literature. In fact, this approach has promoted numerous experimental works on SRs (Beauvois, ; Lo Monaco, Girandola, & Guimelli, in press; Rateau & Moliner, ) as well as being used in field research (Abric, ; Moliner, Rateau, & Cohen‐Scali, ).…”

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Methods for Studying the Structure of Social Representations: A Critical Review and Agenda for Future Research

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International audienceThis article deals with the methodologies commonly used in the framework of the structural approach to social representations. It concerns free and hierarchical evocations, the characterization questionnaire, the similarity analysis, the basic cognitive schemes model, the attribute-challenge technique and the test of context independence. More than a simple review of these methodologies, it offers a critical approach concerning the problems encountered and related to: thresholds or “cutoff points” used to diagnose the structure (core vs. periphery) and the accuracy of the structural diagnosis, grouping methods employed to reduce the corpus of verbal associations, the dilemma between reliability and feasibility, especially in field research, the adequacy and number of modalities of response in the framework of the structural diagnosis. Following this evaluation, this article suggests potential solutions to overcome these methodological limitations. Moreover, as methodological issues are closely related to theoretical questions, the link between social representation theory and identity approaches is discussed

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Methods for Studying the Structure of Social Representations: A Critical Review and Agenda for Future Research

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“…Por ello, la RS es estable, coherente, resistente al cambio y es relativamente independiente del contexto social y material inmediato. El núcleo central, compuesto por pocos elementos, se caracteriza por tener tres funciones esenciales: 1) una función generadora, pues es el elemento mediante el cual se crea o transforma la significación de los otros elementos constitutivos de la representación; es debido al núcleo que los elementos toman sentido y valor; 2) una función organizadora, ya que el núcleo determina la naturaleza de las conexiones de los elementos de la representación; y 3) una función de estabilización, la cual resulta de la combinación de las dos anteriores y del carácter consensual de los elementos centrales (Moliner y Abric, 2015).…”

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“…Aunque requieren de elementos básicos, reflejan la experiencia de los individuos. Constituyen lo esencial del contenido de representación, su lado más accesible, pero también lo más vivo y concreto (Abric, 2011;Moliner y Abric, 2015).…”

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La representación social del fracaso escolar

Elizalde

Beltrán

Reyes-Sosa

2019

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La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar los elementos de la representación social que tienen los estudiantes de educación media superior sobre el fracaso escolar. Se plantea una metodología cualitativa con diseño transversal. La muestra fue seleccionada bajo un criterio no probabilístico intencionado. En el estudio participaron 524 estudiantes (52 por ciento mujeres y 48 por ciento hombres), con una media de 16.5 años (DT= .912). Los instrumentos de recolección de la información fueron un cuestionario de evocación libre de palabras y un cuestionario de refutación. Los resultados del prototipo representacional muestran una organización del discurso en torno a tres dimensiones: la dimensión económica, las consecuencias académicas y la ausencia de apoyo familiar. El cuestionario de refutación permitió confirmar el elemento aprendizaje (malo), y aporta nueva información del núcleo central, el cual incluye a los elementos mal rendimiento académico, abandono escolar y escuela de baja calidad.The objective of this research was to analyze the elements of social representation that re-build on the failure of high school students. A qualitative methodology with transversal design is proposed. The sample was selected according to an intentional non-probabilistic criterion. The study involved 524 students (52% women and 48% men), with an average of 16.5 years (SD = .912). The instruments for collecting the information were a free evocation questionnaire and a refutation questionnaire. The results of the representational prototype show an organization of the discourse around three dimensions: the economic dimension, the academic consequences and the absence of family support. The refutation questionnaire confirmed the learning element (bad). In addition, it provided new information from the central core, which includes elements of low academic performance, school dropout and low-quality school.

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“…In the present study, we have adopted the approach proposed by the central core theory (Abric, 1976(Abric, , 1987(Abric, , 1994. Nowadays, central core theory plays an important part in research on SRs (e.g., Garnier, 2015;Lo Monaco et al, 2016;Moliner & Abric, 2015;Rateau et al, 2011). According to this approach, SR is an organised and structured set of meanings, beliefs, views, and attitudes (Abric, 1994).…”

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Cross-Validation of Representational Structures Using the Attribute-Challenge Technique and the Test of Context Independence: The Social Representation of Health

Aim¹,

Decarsin²,

Бовина³

et al. 2018

International Review of Social Psychology

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In connection with the structural approach of social representations, Lo Monaco, Lheureux, and Halimi-Falkowicz (2008) showed that the Test of Context Independence (TCI) allows to find the same central core components as those retrieved with the Attribute-Challenge Technique (ACT, Moliner, 1989, 2002). As this study was carried out on two 'unavoidable' objects of study of the structural approach (higher education and the ideal group), we aimed to carry out a cross-validation of the representational structure of an object of representation that had never been studied from a structural perspective (i.e., health). An initial study (N = 223) was conducted in order to compare structural diagnoses highlighted by the ACT (N = 105) and the TCI (N = 118). Contrary to Lo Monaco et al. (2008), no element emerged as central using the ACT while the TCI uncovered five central elements (i.e., healthy lifestyle, food, essentiality, prevention, and equilibrium). To ensure that results weren't due to a methodological artefact (misunderstanding of items and phrasing effect), a second study was conducted (N = 123). Fifty-two participants completed the ACT and 71 participants to the TCI. In spite of the methodological changes, as in Study 1, no central elements were highlighted by the ACT, whereas three elements (i.e., healthy lifestyle, food, and equilibrium) were found to form the central core by using the TCI. These results were discussed by focusing on the link between the characteristics of the methods used to study the social representations and the characteristics of the objects studied.

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Central core theory

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Methods for Studying the Structure of Social Representations: A Critical Review and Agenda for Future Research

Methods for Studying the Structure of Social Representations: A Critical Review and Agenda for Future Research

La representación social del fracaso escolar

Cross-Validation of Representational Structures Using the Attribute-Challenge Technique and the Test of Context Independence: The Social Representation of Health

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