PSYC1001 Lecture 11: PSYC1001 Lecture 11
2 Jul 2018
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27/03/2018 Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory (1905-1967)
Do we each construct our own version of reality? Is it that version of reality that constitutes
our personality?
We each have our own system of constructs through which reality is mediated
Reframe concepts of anxiety, guilt, aggression and reframe them in purely cognitive terms
“Man creates his own way of seeing the world in which he lives; the world does not create
them for him” (Kelly, 1963, p.12)
Our need to know and control our environment – we do this by creating personal constructs
through which we can make predictions about what is going to happen/interpret events in
the world
His theory consists of one fundamental postulate (basic hypothesis from which his theory
follows) and eleven corollaries (proposition which follows logically from an assumption
(postulate))
A person’s processes are psychologically determined by the ways in which he anticipates
events – the theory
Construction corollary: from repetitive behaviour, you anticipate how they will behave
(unconscious constructs)
Individuality corollary: we each have our own personal system of conduct which dictates our
personality (unconscious constructs)
Organisation corollary: your system of constructs can be organised hierarchically (ordered)
Dichotomy corollary: construct development involves opposition, one construct presupposes
another
Role construct repertory test – goal is to understand how an individual view their world,
especially those people known to the person with whom they play different roles
Constructs come from experience – we develop them because of our experiences he says
we experience things because of our constructs… this is a contradiction… which is it?
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Document Summary
We each have our own system of constructs through which reality is mediated. Reframe concepts of anxiety, guilt, aggression and reframe them in purely cognitive terms. Man creates his own way of seeing the world in which he lives; the world does not create them for him (kelly, 1963, p. 12) Our need to know and control our environment we do this by creating personal constructs through which we can make predictions about what is going to happen/interpret events in the world. His theory consists of one fundamental postulate (basic hypothesis from which his theory follows) and eleven corollaries (proposition which follows logically from an assumption (postulate)) A person"s processes are psychologically determined by the ways in which he anticipates events the theory. Construction corollary: from repetitive behaviour, you anticipate how they will behave (unconscious constructs) Individuality corollary: we each have our own personal system of conduct which dictates our personality (unconscious constructs)
