George Kelly Flashcards
what was George Kelly’s undergrad degree?
it was in physics and mathematics
What was Kelly’s role the Navy during World War 2?
he was an aviation psychologist
explain Kelly’s philosophical position of the PERSON AS A SCIENTIST
all people, in their quest for meaning, make observations,
construe relationships among events, formulate theories, generate hypotheses, test
those that are plausible, and reach conclusions from their experiments
a person’s way of looking at, explaining, and interpreting events in their world
personal constructs
explain Kelly’s philosophical position of the SCIENTIST AS A PERSON
the pronouncements of scientists should be regarded with the same skepticism
with which we view any behavior and every scientific observation can be looked at from a different perspective
explain Kelly’s philosophical position of CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVISM
Kelly assumed that all of our present interpretations of the universe are subject to revision or replacement
The events we face today are subject to as great a variety of constructions as our wits will enable us to contrive
what is the basic postulate of the personal construct theory?
a person’s processes are psychologically channelized by the ways in which [that person] anticipates events
this COROLLARY states that “a person anticipates events by construing their replications”
People see similarities among events and use a single concept to describe the common properties
CONSTRUCTION COROLLARY
this COROLLARY states that “Persons differ from each other in their construction of events”
no two people put an experience together in exactly the same way
individuality corollary
this COROLLARY emphasizes relationships among
constructs and states that people “characteristically evolve, for [their] convenience
in anticipating events, a construction system embracing ordinal relationships between constructs”
the ORGANIZATION COROLLARY
this COROLLARY states that “a person’s construction system is composed of a finite number of dichotomous
constructs”
a construct is an either-or proposition—black or white, with no shades of gray
dichotomy corollary
this COROLLARY states or was paraphrased that People choose for themselves that alternative in a dichotomized construct through which they anticipate the greater possibility for extension and definition of future constructs
CHOICE COROLLARY
this COROLLARY assumes that personal constructs are finite and not relevant to everything
“A construct is convenient for the anticipation of a finite range of
events only”
a construct is limited to a particular range of convenience
RANGE COROLLARY
this COROLLARY states that “A person’s construction system varies as he [or she] successively construes the replications of events”
used the word “successively” to point out that we pay attention to only one thing at a time. “The events of one’s construing march single file along the path of time”
EXPERIENCE COROLLARY
this COROLLARY states that “The variation in a
person’s construction system is limited by the permeability of the constructs within
whose range of convenience the variants lie”
assumes that the extent to which
people revise their constructs is related to the degree of permeability of their existing constructs
MODULATION COROLLARY
this COROLLARY states that a person may successively employ a variety of constructive subsystems
which are inferentially incompatible with each other
allows for the incompatibility of specific elements
FRAGMENTATION COROLLARY
this COROLLARY states that “To the extent that one person employs
a construction of experience which is similar to that employed by another, [that person’s] processes are psychologically similar to those of the other person”
assumes similarities among people
COMMONALITY COROLLARY
this COROLLARY states or was paraphrased as To the extent that people accurately construe the belief system of others, they may play a role in a social process involving those other people
SOCIALITY COROLLARY
refers to a pattern of behavior that results from a person’s understanding of the constructs of
others with whom that person is engaged in a task (GEORGE KELLY)
ROLE
with our ____ ____, we define ourselves in terms of who we really are.
gives us a sense of identity and provides us with guidelines for everyday living (GEORGE KELLY)
core role
what does George Kelly say about psychologically healthy people?
psychologically healthy people validate their personal constructs
against their experiences with the real world
they test reasonable hypotheses, accept the results without denial or distortion, and then willingly alter their theories to match available data
what are the four common elements in most human disturbance? (GEORGE KELLY)
threat, fear, anxiety, and guilt
what is George Kelly’s definition of threat?
the awareness of imminent comprehensive change in one’s core structures
what is the difference between threat and fear? (GEORGE KELLY)
fear is more specific and incidental while threat is more comprehensive
what is George Kelly’s definition of anxiety?
Kelly (1955) defined anxiety as “the recognition that the events with which one is confronted lie outside the range of convenience of one’s construct system”
this exists when person’s incompatible constructs can no
longer be tolerated and the person’s construction system breaks down (GEORGE KELLY)
pathological anxiety
what is George Kelly’s definition of guilt?
Kelly (1970) defined guilt as “the sense of having lost one’s core role structure”
people feel guilty when they behave in ways that are inconsistent with their sense of who
they are.
what is fixed-role therapy? and what is it’s purpose?(GEORGE KELLY)
clients act out a predetermined role within the relative security of therapy and then in the environment beyond therapy after some amount of time
it’s purpose is to help clients change their outlook on life by acting out a predetermined role
what is the Role Construct Repertory Test? (REP TEST) (GEORGE KELLY)
a person is given a role title list and asked to designate people who fit the role titles by writing their names on a card.
it’s purpose is to discover ways in which people construe significant people in their lives
