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Kelly's Theory
Of Personal Constructs
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
04/01/2009

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choice corollary

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the proposition that people select between alternatives in dichotomized constructs in making their judgements about reality

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commonality corollary

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the proposition that similar constructs in different individuals lead to similarities in their behavior

 

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constellatory construct

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tyoe of construct that allows its elements to belong to other constructs concurrently; however, once identified in a particular way, these element are fixed. for example, an individual may have a stereotypic construct of a fat person as lazy, dirty, and slovenly. these elements or traits could also belong to some of the indivudal's other constructs- for example, homeless person, coal miner. however, once the individual applies the fat person construct to a person in a particular situation the traits are automatically and inflexibly attributed to that person. 

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constructive alternativism

 

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fundamental assumption that human beings are capable of changing their interpretations of events

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constructs

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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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controlled elaboration

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therapeutic technique in which clients are encouraged to clarify and think through their problems in consultation with the therapist; this process enables them to revise or discard old constructs and to fomulate new and more effective ones 

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 core constructs 

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important beliefs that are part of the individual's personal identity

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core role constructs

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set of beliefs associated with important role relationships that constitue the person's social identity

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enactment sketch

 

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a description of a role that clients are asked to play that provides an opportunity for them to behave in way that constrast with the self-characterization sketch. for example, a person who characterizes herself as as shy plays the role of someone who is assertive

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fixed role therapy

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therapuetic procedure used by Kelly to produce personality changes in clients by constructing roles for them that help them overcome their weaknesses and, in the process, enable them to reconstrue themselves and their life situations

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fragmentation corollary

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the proposition that an individual's personal construct subsystem may be disjointed and mutually incompatible, and that the person is often unaware of the inconsistency

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individuality corollary

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the propostition that people differ in the constructions of reality

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loose constructions

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beliefs that are unstable, weak, and poorly defined and that lead to erratic and often invalid predictions about how the world operates

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organization corollary

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the proposition that the individual's constructs are arranged in particualr ways within his or her personal system

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peripheral constructs

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beliefs that are relatively unimportant and that can be changed rather easily

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permeability

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the degree to which new elements will be admitted within the boundaries of a construct

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preemptive construct 

 

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type of construct that includes only its own elements and maintains that these elements cannot apply to other constructs

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propositional  construct

 

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type of construct that leaves all of its elements open to modification

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range of convenience

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the scope of a construct; the number of other constructs to which it is related

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Role Construct Repertory Test (RCRT)

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test devised by Kelly to assess an individual's personal construct system; also known as the REP test

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self chracterization sketch

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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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sociality corollary

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the proposition that constructive interpersonal relationships depend on mutual understanding of each other's construct system

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subordinate construct

 

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construct that is controlled by other constructs

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superordinate construct

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construct that controls many other constructs

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