George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory 18

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Person as a scientist

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People generally attempt to solve everyday problems in much the same fashion as scientists

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Scientist as a person

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Every scientific theory can be viewed from an alternate angle, and every competent scientist should be open to changing his or her theory

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Person as a scientist

People generally attempt to solve everyday problems in much the same fashion as scientists

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Scientist as a person

Every scientific theory can be viewed from an alternate angle, and every competent scientist should be open to changing his or her theory

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Constructive Alternativism

All interpretations of the world are subject to revision or replacement

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The basic postulate

assumes that human behavior is shaped by the way people anticipate the future

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Construction Corollary

Although no two events are exactly alike, we construe similar events as if they were the same

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Experience Corollary

People continually revise their personal constructs as the result of their experiences

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Dichotomy Corollary

People construe events in an either/or manner, e.g., good or bad

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Organization Corollary

People organize their personal constructs in a hierarchical system, with some constructs in a superordinate position and others subordinate to them

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Choice Corollary

People tend to choose the alternative in a dichotomized construct that they see as extending the range of their future choices

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Range Corollary

Constructs are limited to a particular range of convenience; that is, they are not relevant to all situations

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Modullary Corollary

Only permeable constructs lead to change; concrete constructs resist modification through experience

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Fragmentation Corollary

People’s behavior can be inconsistent because their construct systems can readily admit incompatible elements

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Commonality Corollary

Personal constructs tend to be similar to the construction systems of other people to the extent that we share experiences with them

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Individuality Corollary

Because people have different experiences, they can construe the same event in different ways

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Sociality Corollary

People are able to communicate with other people because they can construe those people’s constructions

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Normal people

  • Competent scientists

  • Test reasonable hypotheses, objectively view results, and willingly change their theories when the data warrant it

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Unhealthy people

  • Incompetent scientists

  • Test unreasonable hypotheses, reject or distort legitimate results, and refuse to amend outdated theories

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Fixed-role Therapy

A form of brief, constructivist therapy in which the client enacts a make-believe character drafted by the therapist to portray an alternative identity for a fixed period of time, typically 2 weeks.

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The Rep test

The purpose is to discover ways in which clients construe significant people in their lives.