George Kelly week 11 Flashcards
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what is personality
being capable of interpreting behaviours and events of using this understanding to guide our behaviour of other people
describe personal construct
an intellectual hypothesis used to explain all life events
bipolar nature to it( two opposing alternatives )
describe fundamental postulate
A person process are psychologically channelled by the ways in which he anticipates events
no life experience can be replicATED the exact same
how many corollaries is there
11
- construction
a person anticipates events by construing their replication
- individuality
persons differ from each other in their constructions of events
- organization
each person characteristically evolves for , his conversion in anticipating events , a construction system embracing ordinal relationships between construct
- dichotomy
a person construction system is composed of finite numbers of dichotomous construct ( construct are 2 mutually exclusive )
- choice
a person choose for himself that alternative in dichotomized construct through which he anticipates the greater possibility for extension and definition of his system
- range
a construct is convenient for the anticipation of a finite range of events only
- experience
a person construction system varies as he successively construes the replication of events
- modulation
the variation in a person construction system is limited by the permeability of the constructs
- fragmentation
a person may be successively employ a variety of construction subsystem which are inferentially incompatible with each other
- commonality
to the extent that one person employs a construction of experience , which is similar to that employed b another
- sociality
to the extent that one person construes the construction processes of another , he may play a role in social process involving the other person
describe anxiety
the recognition that the events with which one is confronted lie outside the range of ones construct system
what is the goal of fixed role therapy
GOAL: revise self views and views of relationship with others,
clinician develops a character sketch to help client formulate new constructs
how did Kelly develop his theory
formed his theory from clinical experience , particularly working with students rather than severely disturbed individuals.
forming and testing his hypothesis to predict life events.
stemmed from experimental approach
Why must construct be dichotomous
because they allow individuals to distinguish between similarities and differences.
this bipolar nature enables people to make accurate predictions about events by defining an attribute in relation to its opposites
Why should we always be revising our constructs
says it must be continuously revised in order to remain useful in anticipating life events.
describe constructive alternativsim
the idea that individual are free to revise or replace their constructs when they become ineffective.
allows people to adapt to new experience and changing circumstances
what factors influence the ways we anticipate events that are similar to past events
anticipation event is influence by the construction corollary , which states that no event is ever identical , similarities allows us to predict future experiences
describe how our anticipation of events , and how other people will behave , influence our personality
our anticipation of events and people’s behaviour influences personality by shaping how we organize our personal constructs.
if we predict events accurately , we feel more in control.
social interactions also rely on understanding others construct , allowing us to modify our behaviour accordingly
how did Kelly assess
interviews : encouraged clients to describe their personal construct
self-characterization sketches: clients wrote about themselves as if they were characters in a play
role construct repertory test: test identifies the construct individuals use to classify important people In their lives
