M3 Week 13: Kelly Flashcards
This theory suggests that each person has their own mental framework from which they see yhe world.
Personal Construct Theory
state that individual psychological processes are directed by the ways in which a person anticipates events.
Fundamental Postulates
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
Similarities among repeated events
The construction corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
Individual differences in interpreting events
The Individuality Corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
Relationships among constructs
The Organization Corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
A person’s construction system is composed of finite number of dichotomous constructs
The Dichotomy Corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
In situations requiring a choice, our choice corollary will pick the option that best expands and clarifies our understanding of the world based on our existing constructs.
The Choice Corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
It suggests that each construct has as limited range of situations it can effectively handle.
The Range Corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
A person’s construct system varies, or changes based on their experience.
The Experience Corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
The variation in a person’s construction system is limited by the permeability of the constructs within whose range of convenience the variants lie
The Modulation Corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
A person may successively empploy a variety of construction subsystems which are inferentially incompatile with each other
The Fragmentation Corollary
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
When an individual interprets the building processes of another, he or she may be involved in the other person’s social process.
The Sociality Theory
According to Kelly (1955), the major problems are seen as the psychological phenomena of _______, _________, __________, and ________?
Threat, fear, guilt, and anxiety
Perception of one’s apparent dislodgment from his core role structure constitutes the experience of _______
Guilt
[11 COROLLARIES OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY]
When an individual relies on an experience construction that shares resemblance to another, then their psychological processes are similar.
The Commonality Corollary
is the recognition that the events with which one is confronted lie outside the range of convenience of one’s construct system
Anxiety
is the awareness of imminent comprehensive change in one’s core structures
Threat
is like threat, except that in this case, it is a new incidental construct, rather than a comprehensive construct that seems about to take over.
Fear
TRUE OR FALSE:
Individuals have certain preferences amongst their constructs and differences in their ability to reconstruct them
True
TRUE OR FALSE:
In the midst of the Great Depression, Kelly applied his knowledge toward something he found useful:
Evaluating children and adults and developing his landmark theory
TRUE
[SITUATIONAL]
Identify the correct corollary
Eating lunch at 12 noon
Construction
[SITUATIONAL]
Identify the correct corollary
“Is is bad to steal if I’m hungry?”
Experience
[SITUATIONAL]
Identify the correct corollary
No longer believing that Santa is the one who brings gift on Christmas.
Modulation
[SITUATIONAL]
Identify the correct corollary
Having your own views on a certain topic.
Individuality
[SITUATIONAL]
Identify the correct corollary
Easy vs. Difficult
Dichotomy
[SITUATIONAL]
Identify the correct corollary
You can use “empathetic” to describe a person, but can you use it to describe a table?
Range
[SITUATIONAL]
Identify the correct corollary
Dylan acts carefree when he’s with his friends, but when he’s with his family, he’s very quiet
Sociality
