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Ch. 11 George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory

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George Kelly's approach to personality is called
personal construct theory
Kelly's personality theory is based on the importance of
patterns
The main emphasis of Kelly's cognitive approach to personality
examines personal constructs
Kelly's personality theory derived from
clinical work
How would you classify Kelly's therapeutic technique?
varied
According to Kelly, the freedom to revise constructs is called
constructive alternativism
Once formed, constructs tend to
affect behavior
Kelly's theory is based primarily on the idea that
themes from the past will appear in the future
According to the individuality corollary,
people perceive events in different ways
The main characteristic of the organization corollary is that
some constructs are subordinate to others
In a dichotomized construct, the alternative we select is determined by
prediction of future events
Why does poor Jim continue to act in a hostile manner, even when rebuffed for it, instead of being friendly? Kelly would say Jim
suffers from uncertainty, even though the rewards for friendliness are greater
What is the assumption of the Role Construct Repertory Test?
dichotomies
Kelly's theory has been criticized for including
rational
Kelly's typical research samples were from
midwest
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