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La Représentation sociale comme grille de lecture : étude expérimentale de sa structure et aperçu sur ses processus de transformation

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Jan. 1, 1988

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Aix-Marseille 1

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Abstract EN:

The hypotheses concerning the structure of social representations can only be verified with an experimental study. The notion of a cipher applied to representations facilitates this approach and makes possible the conception of various experiments. This is particulary true of the experiment which is presented in this work and which validates the hypothesis concerning the so-called "core" (noyau central). A new method for studying social representations is proposed which is based upon the above-mentioned validation. At the same time, observations were made concerning how social representations are transformed and how these observations could contribute to the theory, notably by the integration of the scheme concept.

Abstract FR:

La verification des hypotheses relatives a la structure des representations sociales passe par l'etude experimentale. Or, la notion de grille de lecture appliquee aux representations facilite cette approche et permet de concevoir diverses experimentations. C'est tout particulierement le cas pour une experience presentee dans ce travail et qui valide l'hypothese dite du noyau central. Sur la base de cette validation, une nouvelle methode d'etude des representations sociales est proposee. Dans le meme temps, une reflexion theorique est menee sur les conditions de transformation des representations sociales et sur les enrichissements possibles de la theorie, notamment par l'integration de la notion de scheme.