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Who originally developed Personal Construct Theory?
George A. Kelly
What was George Kelly’s initial professional background?
Freudian Therapist
What does the term ‘constructive alternativism’ refer to in Kelly’s theory?
We construct reality idiosyncratically
What does Kelly believe personality consists of?
Personal constructs
What is the primary approach of Kelly’s theory?
Bottom-up approach to personality
What is the significance of Kelly’s quote about self-identity?
People are future-orientated and strive to become who they think they will be
What is a fundamental postulate in Kelly’s theory?
A person’s processes are psychologically channelised by the ways in which he anticipates events
What does the construction corollary state?
A person anticipates events by construing their replications
Define the dichotomy corollary.
A person’s construction system is composed of a finite number of dichotomous constructs
What does the range of convenience corollary imply?
A construct is convenient for the anticipation of a finite range of events only
What is the organization corollary?
Each person evolves a construction system embracing ordinal relationships between constructs
What is the individuality corollary?
Persons differ from each other in their construction of events
What does the commonality corollary suggest?
The extent that a person employs construction similar to another, their psychological processes are similar
What is the socialite corollary?
The extent that one person construes the construction processes of another, he may play a role in social processes
What does the fragmentation corollary indicate?
A person may employ a variety of construction subsystems that are inferentially incompatible
What is the experience corollary?
A person’s construction system varies as he construes the (non-)replication of events
What does the modulation corollary refer to?
The variation in a person’s construction system is limited by the permeability of the constructs
What is the choice corollary?
A person chooses the alternative in a dichotomised construct that offers the greatest possibility for extension
True or False: Kelly’s theory is solely cognitive.
False
What is the implication of Kelly’s constructs for psychopathology?
Any personal construction used repeatedly despite consistent invalidation can lead to issues like psychosis or neurosis
What therapeutic technique does Kelly advocate?
Role playing
What is the Role Construct Repertory Test (Rep Grid)?
A self-discovery tool where individuals select elements and identify constructs
What does Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy premise?
Neurosis is mainly the result of irrationality
What are the components of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy?
- A - activating experiences
- B - beliefs about A
- C - practical consequences of beliefs
What are the three main types of erroneous thinking?
- Ignoring the positive
- Exaggerating the negative
- Over-generalising
List three examples of ‘musts’ or fallacies in erroneous thinking.
- Other people must love me
- I must always be successful
- Evil people must be punished
