Psychological construct

C20362
concept

A psychological construct is an abstract, theoretical concept created to describe, explain, and measure underlying mental processes or traits that cannot be directly observed.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
psychological phenomenon 6
Psychological construct canonical 1
cognitive theory construct 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Psychological construct
Generated description
A psychological construct is an abstract, theoretical concept created to describe, explain, and measure underlying mental processes or traits that cannot be directly observed.

Instances (12)

Instance Via concept surface
Emotions
spacing effect psychological phenomenon
Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire (conceptual contributions) psychological theory contribution
environment of evolutionary adaptedness concept in evolutionary psychology
involuntary memory psychological phenomenon
K-lines cognitive theory construct
the I and the Me concept in social psychology
Big Five personality traits psychometric construct
Doublethink psychological phenomenon
Thought and thinking psychological phenomenon
Prejudice psychological phenomenon
Stockholm Syndrome
surface form: Stockholm syndrome
psychological phenomenon