PSY230H1 Lecture 8: LECTURE 8 NOTES+ READING NOTES.docx
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An only child; his mother doted on him. Parents devoutly religious, and always working to help the needy. Attended high school in wichita, kansas, living away from home much of the time after he was 13. Developed interest in psychology, and entered into graduate school at the university of iowa in 1930. Worked in physiological psychology, but decided to drop it for more humanitarian work. Worked hard on the development of psychological services for the state of kansas. He was a major force in establishing traveling psychological clinics. Wwii had brought considerable demand for training of clinical psychologists. In 1946 became professor at ohio state university over the next twenty years built it into one of the best clinical programs in the world. Kelly based his approach to psychology on a single philosophical assumption. We assume that all of our present interpretations of the universe are subject to revision or replacement .
