Chapter 19 FIB

Question 1

Kelly’s theory can be called a _____________________ because it is mostly a theory about theories

Answer 1

metatheory

Question 2

Kelly regarded people as ____________________, because they asks questions, formulates hypotheses, and looks for evidence.

Answer 2

scientists

Question 3

The Psychology of ______________________ Constructs is Kelly’s best known book

Answer 3

Personal

Question 4

Personal ____________________ are our way of interpreting events.

Answer 4

constructs

Question 5

To Kelly, present constructs are subject to ________________ or replacement.

Answer 5

revision (change)

Question 6

Kelly believed that personal ____________________, not the facts, holds the key to an individual’s future.

Answer 6

constructs

Question 7

If a construct is to exist, there must be both a __________ and a contrast.

Answer 7

comparison

Question 8

Kelly’s basic postulate assumes that people’s processes are directed by the ways in which they _______________________ events.

Answer 8

anticipate

Question 9

Constructive _______________________ refers to Kelly’s assumption that all of our present interpretations are subject to revision or replacement.

Answer 9

alternativism

Question 10

The ______________________ corollary states that people anticipate events by construing their replications.

Answer 10

construction

Question 11

The organization corollary emphasizes the relationships among _____________________.

Answer 11

constructs

Question 12

The ____________________ corollary assumes that personal constructs are finite and not relevant to everything.

Answer 12

range

Question 13

Kelly’s ___________________ corollary assumes that the extent to which we revise our constructs is related to the degree of permeability of our existing constructs.

Answer 13

modulation

Question 14

In spite of repeated ________________________, unhealthy people hold on to their personal constructs.

Answer 14

invalidation

Question 15

People experience ________________________ when they see that the stability of their basic constructs is likely to be shaken.

Answer 15

threat

Question 16

Kelly defined ___________________ as “the sense of having lost one’s role structure.”

Answer 16

guilt

Question 17

Kelly believed that ________________________ is more specific and incidental than threat.

Answer 17

fear

Question 18

Pathological __________________________ exists when people realize that their incompatible constructs can no longer be tolerated.

Answer 18

anxiety

Question 19

Kelly used ____________________ therapy to help clients change their outlook on life by acting out a predetermined role.

Answer 19

fixed-role

Question 20

Kelly’s concept of ____________________ choice explains how present choices expand the range of our future choices.

Answer 20

elaborative