KELLY Flashcards
Which of the following holds true about the theory proposed by George Kelly?
a. A person’s construction system exists in the past
b. Unconscious processes are more important than conscious ones in interpreting and explaining events.
c. An individual’s behavior is shaped by his or her environment
d. Different people construe the universe in different ways.
d. Different people construe the universe in different ways.
The idea that people interpret future events according to recurrent themes reflects Kelly’s _______ corollary.
a. similarity
b. dichotomy
c. construction
d. individually
c. construction
According to George Kelly, who among the following will least likely experience guilt?
a. May who has strong views about her blockmates
b. Sophie who has negative views about her personality
c. James who desires that a person needs to shape their behavior when necessary
d. Dan who has a weak core role structure
d. Dan who has a weak core role structure
Psychologically unhealthy individuals, according to Kelly_______.
a. cling to outdated personal constructs
b. reject invalid personal constructs
c. have few, if any, personal constructs
d. have too many personal constructs
a. cling to outdated personal constructs
Psychologically unhealthy individuals, according to Kelly_______.
a. cling to outdated personal constructs
b. reject invalid personal constructs
c. have few, if any, personal constructs
d. have too many personal constructs
a. cling to outdated personal constructs
Kelly called the interpretations people place on events as
a. postulates
b. constructs
c. corollaries
d. alternatives
b. constructs
Persons differ from each other in their constructions of events. This is a statement of Kelly’s ______ corollary.
a. organization
b. individuality
c. dichotomy
d. fragmentation
b. individuality
An assumption of Kelly’s personal construct theory is that _______.
a. people are constantly changing the way they view events
b. people are motivated by basic needs, instincts, and drives.
c. people are social beings and needed interaction
d. people behave accordingly when reinforced
a. people are constantly changing the way they view events
An assumption of Kelly’s personal construct theory is that _______.
a. people are constantly changing the way they view events
b. people are motivated by basic needs, instincts, and drives.
c. people are social beings and needed interaction
d. people behave accordingly when reinforced
a. people are constantly changing the way they view events
Kelly’s theory of personal constructs can most accurately be called
a. a behavioral theory
b. an existential theory
c. a metatheory
d. a cognitive theory
c. a metatheory
Kelly believed that our definition of ourselves in terms of who we really are is _______.
a. our peripheral role
b. our subjective role
c. our core role
d. our objective role
c. our core role
Our actions are shaped by _________, based on Kelly’s theory.
a. our past experiences
b. our anticipation of events
c. different environmental events
d. positive and negative reinforcements
b. our anticipation of events
