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Theories Of Personality Kelly
This deck covers the key concepts and theories of personality as proposed by George Kelly, focusing on personal constructs and their implications on human behavior and therapy.
Considered as a metatheory or a theory about theories
Kelly’s theory of personal constructs
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Term
Definition
Considered as a metatheory or a theory about theories
Kelly’s theory of personal constructs
It holds that people anticipate events by the meanings or interpretations that they place on those events
Kelly’s theory of personal constructs
Assumes that alternative interpretations are always available to people
Constructive alternativism
Rejected the notion of phenomenology (only reality is what people perceive)
Philosophical position
People construe events according to their personal constructs rather than reality
Constructive alternativism
People look at their world through templates that they create and then attempt to fit over the realities of the world; shape a person’s behavior
personal constructs
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Considered as a metatheory or a theory about theories | Kelly’s theory of personal constructs |
It holds that people anticipate events by the meanings or interpretations that they place on those events | Kelly’s theory of personal constructs |
Assumes that alternative interpretations are always available to people | Constructive alternativism |
Rejected the notion of phenomenology (only reality is what people perceive) | Philosophical position |
People construe events according to their personal constructs rather than reality | Constructive alternativism |
People look at their world through templates that they create and then attempt to fit over the realities of the world; shape a person’s behavior | personal constructs |
Basic postulate | Assumes that human behavior is shaped by the way people anticipate the future |
People see similarities among events and use a single concept to describe the common properties | Construction corollary |
Construe the same event in different ways | Individuality corollary |
Different people organize similar events in a manner that minimizes incompatibilities and inconsistencies | Organization corollary |
Assumes that people construe events in an either/or manner, good or bad | Dichotomy corollary |
People choose the actions that are most likely to extend their future range of choices | Choice corollary |
States that constructs are limited to a particular range of convenience; that is, they are not relevant to all situations | Range corollary |
Validate our existing constructs or restructure these events to match our experience | Experience corollary |
Assumes that only permeable constructs lead to change; concrete constructs resist modification thru experience | Modulation corollary |
People’s behavior can be inconsistent because their construct systems can readily admit incompatible elements | Fragmentation corollary |
Suggests that out personal constructs tend to be similar to the construction systems of other people to the extent that we share experiences with them | Commonality corollary |
People are able to communicate with other people because they can construe those people’s constructions | Sociality corollary |
Refers to a pattern of behavior that stems from people’s understanding of the constructs of others with whom that person is engaged in a task | Role |
Role that gives us a sense of identity | Core role |
Role that is less central to our self-concept | peripheral role |
Stubbornly cling to outdated personal constructs, fearing validation of any new constructs that would upset their present comfortable view of the world | Abnormal development |
Perception that one’s basic constructs may be drastically changed | threat |
Specific and incidental restructuring in a person’s core structures | Fear |
The recognition that one cannot adequately deal with a new situation | Anxiety |
The sense of having lost one's core role structure | Guilt |
Goal of therapy | People should be free to choose the courses of action most consistent with their prediction of events |
Help clients change outlook in life by acting out a predetermined role, first within the therapeutic setting and then environment beyond therapy | Fixed-role therapy |
Purpose of this test is to discover ways in which clients construe significant people in their lives; client given a role title list and asked to designate people who fit the role titles by writing their names on a card | Rep test (role construct repertory test) |