NANTAI NVERSTES THEORIES OF PERSONALITY ktisadi dari ve

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ THEORIES OF PERSONALITY İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi iisbf. nisantasi. edu. tr NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

CHAPTER ELEVEN KELLY: PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY

CHAPTER OVERVIEW v. Constructive Alternativism v. The Fundamental Postulate v. The Process of Construing v. The Construction, Experience, Choice, and Modulation Corollary v. The Structure of Construct Systems v. The Dichotomy, Organization, Fragmentation, and Range Corollary v. The Social Embeddedness of Construing Efforts v. The Individuality, Commonality, and Sociality Corollary v. The Role Construct Repertory (REP) Test v. Cognitive Complexity

CHAPTER OVERVIEW v Personality Change v Emotions Related to Change v Effective Action: The C-P-C Cycle v Loosening and Tightening Constructs: The Creativity Cycle v Therapy v Understanding the Client’s Constructs v Exploring and Changing Constructs v Fixed-Role Therapy v Constructs in Context: Personal Stories v Research Findings v Clinical Populations v Business Applications and Vocational Choice v Other Research v Constructivism, Social Constructionism, and Postmodernism

PREVIEW OF KELLY’S THEORY

GEORGE KELLY • Born in Kansas in 1905 • Undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh • Doctorate at the University of Iowa • Practiced school psychology in Kansas • Professorships at University of Maryland Ohio State University • Died in 1967

CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVISM – Personal construct – Man-the-scientist – Constructive Alternativism – The Fundamental Postulate

CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVISM Definition: Examples: the assumption that people can interpret the world in a variety of ways • I believe in the power of hard work (so far, but maybe I’ll change my mind later) • The teacher is (a) a tyrant, or (b) a professional with high standards

FUNDAMENTAL POSTULATE “A PERSON'S PROCESSES ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY CHANNELIZED BY THE WAYS IN WHICH (S)HE ANTICIPATES EVENTS”:

THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUING § The Construction Corollary “A person anticipates events by construing their replications. ” preverbal constructs - can produce psychosomatic disorders § The Experience Corollary § “A person's construction system varies as he successively construes the replications of events. ”