Set of Factors Projected as Ontological Essence of Theoretical Construct: Statistical Reconstruction of Psychological Tendencies

Abstract

Statistical reconstruction can be applied to psychological tendencies that project themselves as the ontological essence of a theoretical construct. This research featured the theoretical construct of individual cognitive education space. The research objective was to study the operational possibilities of statistical measurement of a theoretical phenomenon. The general scientific principles of systemic anthropological psychology served as the methodological basis of conceptual interpretation. The theoretical construct of individual cognitive education space was reconstructed through temporal, operational, cognitive, and metacognitive dimensions. The statistical methods included correlation analysis, principal component analysis, scree test, and Shapiro – Wilk test. They revealed three components of linear functions from theoretically identified and empirically measured temporal, operational, cognitive, and metacognitive characteristics. The component behind the interrelation of cognitive and metacognitive processes was identified empirically. It included six main metric elements, namely: temporal-cognitive strategies for solving problems of switching between tasks, dynamic components of positional strategies, motivational self-determination, design, forecasting, and structural components of constructive and conceptual levels. The study proved the empirical efficiency of statistical reconstruction applied to theoretical constructs and defined the psychological specifics of individual cognitive education space.

Keywords

• statistical reconstruction
• theoretical construct
• individual cognitive education space
• temporality
• cognitive process
• metacognitive process
• operational characteristic