ABSTRACT
In this chapter the authors present a new diagnostic instrument which illustrates how our theoretical thinking can be applied to the practical needs of the psychotherapist. Methodologically the Rep Test is an application of the familiar concept-formation test procedure. The Rep Test may be administered in the Minimum Context Stencil Form. There are at least six assumptions which should probably be taken into account in interpreting the results of the Role Construct Repertory Test. The first assumption is that of the permeability of the constructs elicited. The second assumption is that pre-existing constructs are elicited by the test. The third assumption is that of the representativeness of the elements. The fourth assumption is that constructs will be elicited which subsume, in part, the construction systems of the element figures. The fifth assumption is that of the role regnancy of the constructs elicited. The sixth assumption is that of the functional communicability of the constructs elicited.
