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| Constructive alternativism |
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| fundamental assumptions that human beings are capable of changing their interpretations of events. a. Belief that we can change our minds, we can always interpret things one way and then go back and interpret it another way |
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| ways of representing our experiences; they are abstractions that are defined in terms of the similarities and contrasts of their poles |
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| construct that controls many other constructs |
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| construct that is controlled by other constructs |
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| important beliefs that are part of the person’s identity, more difficult to change, drives a lot of what you do in your life, i.e. belief in God |
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| beliefs that are relatively unimportant to the person and that can be changed rather easily if you get additional information, i.e. batting average |
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| the number of other constructs to which they are related |
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| degree to which new elements will be admitted within the boundaries of a construct |
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| prepositions associated with the fundamental postulate |
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| people differ in their constructions of reality |
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| individual’s constructs are arranged in particular ways within his or her personal belief system |
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| people select between alternatives in dichotomized constructions in making their judgments about reality |
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| individuals personal construct subsystems may be disjointed and mutually incompatible and person is often unaware of the inconsistency |
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| similar construct systems in different individuals lead to similarities in their behavior |
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| constructive interpersonal relationships depend on mutual understanding of each other’s construct systems |
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| set of beliefs associated with important role relationships that constitute the person’s social identity |
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| Determinism vs. free will (and Kelly’s beliefs) |
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| Why having all propositional/preemptive constructs would not be helpful |
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| Kelly’s fundamental postulate |
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| Fundamental postulate are peoples beliefs or constructions that guide their behavior |
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| Personality development according to Kelly |
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| Development revolves about the person’s attempt to maximize understanding of the world through the continuing definition and elaboration of his or her construct system |
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| Healthy/unhealthy person according to Kelly |
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| Healthy person has an accurate, flexible construct system |
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| Role Construct Repertory Test |
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| test designed to measure the personal construct systems of individuals |
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| Used as a diagnostic tool in clinical setting to see how client interprets world |
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| Therapist’s role according to Kelly |
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| Therapist’s role is to accept client by trying to understand their construct system and help to adjust to it |
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| constructs roles for clients that help them overcome their weaknesses and enable them to reconstruct themselves and their life situations |
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| Self-characterization sketches |
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| initial step in fixed-role therapy in which clients are asked to write a brief character outline of themselves as it might be written by an intimate and sympathetic friend |
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| client is asked to play a role designed to contrast sharply with the client’s current self-perception, as revealed in the self-characterization sketch (make as different as possible from the self-characterization sketch, allows them to act differently without fear of failure because that person is only a character) |
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