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Theories of Personality: Personal Construct Theory

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George Kelly's approach to personality is called   personal construct theory  
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In developing his theory, Kelly drew heavily on   Kelly's theory is not based on any of these theories  
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Kelly's personality theory is based on the importance of   our interpretation of our environment  
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For Kelly, the only way to understand people is to understand their   interpretations of events and their social relationships  
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Like scientists, all of us construct theories, which Kelly called   personal constructs  
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Kelly's early clinical work dealt with   students who were referred by their teachers for counseling  
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Far more than the other theorists, Kelly's approach emphasizes ____ functioning.   intellectual  
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According to Kelly, he was ____ committed to a particular therapeutic technique and a specific theory about the nature of personality.   not  
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If Kelly had worked with schizophrenics in a mental institution in his formative professional years,   his theory might not have depended so heavily on cognitive information-processing abilities  
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A construct is a   person's way to devise intellectual hypotheses to explain or interpret events  
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According to Kelly, a construct is   our way of explaining or interpreting the world  
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Once we have formed a construct, we   test it against reality  
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Constructs   need constant revision  
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According to Kelly, the freedom to revise constructs is called   constructive alternativism  
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Once formed, constructs tend to   guide our behavior  
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Personal constructs are oriented toward the   anticipation of future events  
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Kelly's theory is based on the idea that   themes from the past will appear in the future  
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According to the individuality corollary,   different people perceive the same event in different ways  
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The main characteristic of the organization corollary is that   some constructs are subordinate to others  
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The test of a construct system is how well it   predicts events  
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The dichotomy corollary says that   constructs are bipolar  
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To anticipate events correctly, constructs must be   dichotomous or bipolar.  
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In a dichotomized construct, the alternative we select is determined by   how well it predicts future events.  
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Choices that help define the construct system   have a high predictive efficiency.  
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Why does poor Jim continue to act in a hostile manner, even when rebuffed for it, instead of being friendly? Kelly would say Jim   all of the answers  
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A construct's range of convenience is the   range of events to which it can be applied.  
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The only way a construct system can remain rigid is if the person   encounters no new experiences.  
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The idea that two constructs may be consistent in one situation and inconsistent in another situation is the   fragmentation corollary.  
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If people construe an experience similarly, then their cognitive processes will be   similar.  
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The ____ corollary explains how we construe the constructions of others   sociality  
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All of the following are important aspects of Kelly's image of human nature except   pessimism.  
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Kelly's primary assessment technique is the   interview.  
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Kelly believed that a therapist should   accept what the client says at face value.  
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The self-characterization sketch is used to determine   how people perceive themselves in relation to others.  
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Kelly's main contribution to assessment is the   Role Construct Repertory (REP) Test.  
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The Role Construct Repertory (REP) Test is used to   uncover the pattern of constructs.  
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The REP Test is scored   subjectively.  
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Kelly promoted a form of psychotherapy called ____ therapy.   fixed role  
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Kelly's approach to psychotherapy   all of the answers  
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Research on Kelly's theory has shown that   constructs measured by the REP Test are stable over time.  
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The results of the REP Test   depend on the skill and training of the psychologist giving it.  
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Friendships among college students are likely to endure when their constructs are   similar.  
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REP test research shows that schizophrenics are unstable and inconsistent in construing   other people.  
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Persons high in cognitive complexity are also   able to predict the behavior of others better than persons low in cognitive complexity.  
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Adults high in cognitive complexity are likely to be   products of diverse influences in childhood.  
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Kelly’s theory has been criticized because his theory   focuses on intellectual and rational aspects of human functioning to the exclusion of emotional aspects.  
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Kelly's theory of personality is more popular in ____ than in the United States.   Europe, Canada, and Australia  
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Today, Kelly's theory of personality is   much broader and supported more elsewhere, than in the United States.  
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All of the following are criticisms of Kelly's theory except which?   The concept of the unconscious lacks empirical support.  
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