George Kelly

Question 1

what was George Kelly’s undergrad degree?

Answer 1

it was in physics and mathematics

Question 2

What was Kelly’s role the Navy during World War 2?

Answer 2

he was an aviation psychologist

Question 3

explain Kelly’s philosophical position of the PERSON AS A SCIENTIST

Answer 3

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

Question 4

a person’s way of looking at, explaining, and interpreting events in their world

Answer 4

personal constructs

Question 4

explain Kelly’s philosophical position of the SCIENTIST AS A PERSON

Answer 4

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

Question 5

explain Kelly’s philosophical position of CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVISM

Answer 5

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

Question 6

what is the basic postulate of the personal construct theory?

Answer 6

a person’s processes are psychologically channelized by the ways in which [that person] anticipates events

Question 7

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

Answer 7

CONSTRUCTION COROLLARY

Question 8

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

Answer 8

individuality corollary

Question 9

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”

Answer 9

the ORGANIZATION COROLLARY

Question 10

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

Answer 10

dichotomy corollary

Question 11

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

Answer 11

CHOICE COROLLARY

Question 12

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

Answer 12

RANGE COROLLARY

Question 13

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”

Answer 13

EXPERIENCE COROLLARY

Question 14

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

Answer 14

MODULATION COROLLARY

Question 15

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

Answer 15

FRAGMENTATION COROLLARY

Question 16

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

Answer 16

COMMONALITY COROLLARY

Question 17

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

Answer 17

SOCIALITY COROLLARY

Question 18

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)

Answer 18

ROLE

Question 19

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)

Answer 19

core role

Question 20

what does George Kelly say about psychologically healthy people?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

what are the four common elements in most human disturbance? (GEORGE KELLY)

Answer 21

threat, fear, anxiety, and guilt

Question 22

what is George Kelly’s definition of threat?

Answer 22

the awareness of imminent comprehensive change in one’s core structures

Question 23

what is the difference between threat and fear? (GEORGE KELLY)

Answer 23

fear is more specific and incidental while threat is more comprehensive

Question 24

what is George Kelly’s definition of anxiety?

Answer 24

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”

Question 25

this exists when person’s incompatible constructs can no
longer be tolerated and the person’s construction system breaks down (GEORGE KELLY)

Answer 25

pathological anxiety

Question 26

what is George Kelly’s definition of guilt?

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

what is fixed-role therapy? and what is it’s purpose?(GEORGE KELLY)

Answer 27

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

Question 28

what is the Role Construct Repertory Test? (REP TEST) (GEORGE KELLY)

Answer 28

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