Question 1

Today, Kelly's theory of personality is

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A)   considered the leading candidate to replace Freudian ideas.
B)   the cause of raging controversy among psychologists.
C)   almost totally forgotten.
D)   much broader and supported more elsewhere, than in the United States.

Question 2

Once we have formed a construct, we

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A)   take it on faith.
B)   test it against reality.
C)   make it a permanent part of our personality.
D)   all of the answers

Question 3

Research on Kelly's theory has shown that

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A)   constructs measured by the REP Test are stable over time.
B)   the REP Test is unreliable.
C)   brief social interactions lead to changed constructs.
D)   all of the answers

Question 4

The idea that two constructs may be consistent in one situation and inconsistent in another situation is the

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A)   congruence corollary.
B)   fragmentation corollary.
C)   successive modulation corollary.
D)   situational corollary.

Question 5

Kelly's personality theory is based on the importance of

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A)   the unconscious.
B)   our interpretation of our environment.
C)   motivation.
D)   drives.

Question 6

Kelly's main contribution to assessment is the

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A)   Role Construct Repertory (REP)  Test.
B)   Q-Sort.
C)   Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) .
D)   Word Association Test.

Question 7

Kelly's theory has been criticized because his theory

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A)   focuses on the emotional aspects of human functioning rather than intellectual and rational aspects.
B)   focuses on intellectual and rational aspects of human functioning to the exclusion of emotional aspects.
C)   focuses equally on both intellectual and emotional aspects of human functioning.
D)   focuses on explicit emotions.

Question 8

The Role Construct Repertory (REP)  Test is used to

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A)   uncover complexes.
B)   determine the person's roles.
C)   reveal the development of anticipations.
D)   uncover the pattern of constructs.

Question 9

Personal constructs are oriented toward the

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A)   reconstruction of past events.
B)   anticipation of future events.
C)   actualization of unconscious desires.
D)   release of psychic energy.

Question 10

Kelly's cognitive approach to personality

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A)   was based on previous theories, such as humanistic theory.
B)   suggests a person functions solely on the emotional level.
C)   aims to examine personal constructs.
D)   was to study subjects as incapable of rational functioning.

Question 11

Kelly's early clinical work dealt with

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A)   psychotic children.
B)   students who were referred by their teachers for counseling.
C)   severely neurotic adults.
D)   institutionalized psychotic adults.

Question 12

For Kelly, the only way to understand people is to understand their

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A)   childhood experiences.
B)   unconscious desires.
C)   interpretations of events and their social relationships.
D)   past patterns of reinforcement.

Question 13

Persons high in cognitive complexity are also

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A)   likely to score high on the REP Test.
B)   likely to have authoritarian parents.
C)   low in empathic ability.
D)   able to predict the behavior of others better than persons low in cognitive complexity.

Question 14

Kelly's approach to psychotherapy

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A)   is called fixed role therapy.
B)   involves changing undesirable constructs.
C)   has the client act the role of a fictitious person.
D)   all of the answers

Question 15

For Kelly, freedom of choice could not be obtained by people at any stage of life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to Kelly, a construct is

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A)   an innate drive.
B)   our way of explaining or interpreting the world.
C)   a result of past reinforcement.
D)   the need to actualize the self.

Question 17

Once formed, constructs tend to

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A)   last only a short time.
B)   allow no possibility for change.
C)   weaken as we grow older.
D)   guide our behavior.

Question 18

Kelly's personality theory is much the same as other approaches in the text.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to Kelly, he was ____ committed to a particular therapeutic technique and a specific theory about the nature of personality.

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A)   heavily
B)   not
C)   neutrally
D)   decidedly

Question 20

In your opinion, what can be done to reduce confrontation at the personal level between people? Give at least a five point detailed answer, in relation to Kelly's theory.

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Exam 11: George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory

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