George Kelly Flashcards
1
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Personal Construct Theory
A
Generating set of personal constructs in your mind and you impose your own unique perspective or reality on the world around you
2
Q
Predictive Efficacy
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How well a construct anticipates events
3
Q
Seven Corollaries
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- Dichotomy
- Construction
- Choice
- Range
- Modulation
- Organization
- Individuality
4
Q
Assessment of Personal Constructs
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Difficult to label or communicate
5
Q
Personality Change
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Personal Constructs and Psychological Distress
CPC and Creativity Cycles
Fixed Role Therapy
6
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Personal Constructs and Psychological Distress
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When constructs you have aren’t working, thats when you get abnormal functioning
- May not have previous experience or poor predictive constructs
- Anxiety when constructs don’t work
7
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CPC and Creative Cycles
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"If then" situations 3 Phases: 1. Circumspection Phase 2. Preemption Phase 3. Control Phase Creativity is when you loosen constructs for new alternative: "what if"
8
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Fixed Role Therapy
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Asked to play a new role in life
Make small changes
