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Personal Construct Theory Flashcards

(15 cards)

1
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Person creates a cognitive constructs about the environment.

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Personal Construct Theory

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Is a person unique way of looking at life an intellectual hypothesis to explain or interpret events .

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Construct

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The idea that we are free to revise or replace our construct with alternatives as needed

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Construct alternativism

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4
Q

Ways of anticipating life events

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Construction Corollary
Fragmentation Corollary
Dichotomy Corollary
Range Corollary
Commonality Corollary
Experience Corollary
Sociality Corollary
Modulation Corollary
Individuality Corollary
Organizational Corollary
Choice Corollary

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5
Q

Assumes that people anticipate future events through their interpretations

We use our past experiences for similar events

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Construction Corollary

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6
Q

States that people have diff experiences , therefore constructs event diff ways

People percieve events in diff ways

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Individuality Corollary

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7
Q

We arrange our constructs in pattern according to our view of their similarities and differences

Constructs are interconnected

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Organizational Corollary

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8
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Either or manner

Constructs have bipolarity

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Dichotomy Corollary

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9
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We choose the constructs suit the best to us

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Choice Corollary

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10
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Limited to a particular range of convenience.

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Range Corollary

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11
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We continue to test our construct against life events to check their utility

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Experience Corollary

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12
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Some new experiences do not lead to revision bec its to concrete.

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Modulation Corollary

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13
Q

Recognize people behavior is sometimes inconsistent

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Fragmentation Corollary

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14
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People with compatible culture may hold common construct

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Commonality Corollary

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15
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We try to understand how other people think , That is why we act accordingly

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Sociality Corollary

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