Question 1

The Choice Corollary describes similarities among repeated events,according to Kelly.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Kelly believed that the hostile person does not know how people will react to friendliness because he or she has rarely tried it.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Far more than the other theorists,Kelly's approach emphasizes ____ functioning.

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A)   intellectual
B)   biological
C)   unconscious
D)   irrational

Question 4

To what extent do you feel arguments,even wars,result because people construe events with different construct systems? Defend your answer with Kelly's Personal Construct Theory.

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Kelly would say we are not prisoners of ...

Question 5

Kelly believed we are motivated by

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A)   being alive.
B)   instinctual perceptions.
C)   past events.
D)   a hierarchy of needs.

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The self-characterization sketch is used to determine

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A)   specific neuroses.
B)   the accuracy of the repertory grid.
C)   the corollaries dominating the client's life.
D)   how people perceive themselves in relation to others.

Question 9

Why does poor Jim continue to act in a hostile manner,even when rebuffed for it,instead of being friendly? Kelly would say Jim

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A)   makes a low risk choice because at least he can predict how others will react to it.
B)   has never tried friendliness, so he cannot predict what will happen.
C)   suffers from uncertainty, even though the rewards for friendliness are greater.
D)   all of the answers

Question 10

Kelly's personality theory derived from

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A)   his experience as a clinician.
B)   the laboratory.
C)   observations of infants and children.
D)   interpretations of social and historical factors.

Question 11

The cognitive revolution in psychology

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A)   was not consistent with the movement's subject matter and methods.
B)   had run its course by the time Kelly proposed his theory.
C)   was greatly influenced by Kelly's theory.
D)   was greatly influenced by Maslow's and Roger's theories.

Question 12

The results of the REP Test

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A)   are objective.
B)   depend on the skill and training of the psychologist giving it.
C)   depend on the client's story.
D)   are quantified through summations on the repertory grid.

Question 13

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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Since this an opinion,it should not be o...

Question 14

Kelly proposed that the way to understand someone's personality is to examine them physically,emotionally,and intellectually.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Constructs

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A)   need constant revision.
B)   apply to all situations.
C)   rigidly bind our behavior.
D)   are influenced by physiological forces.

Question 16

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 17

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 18

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 19

The Organizational Corollary describes relationships among constructs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Compare the usefulness or utility of Kelly's 11 constructs for life events with Erikson's 8 lifespan phases.What are at least two things that are similar for both of these theories and what are at least two dissimilarities between the two?

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The Individual and Experience Corollarie...

Exam 11: George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory

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The Choice Corollary describes similarities among repeated events,according to Kelly.

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Kelly's personality theory derived from

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Constructs

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To what extent do you feel arguments,even wars,result because people construe events with different construct systems? Defend your answer with Kelly's Personal Construct Theory.

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Why does poor Jim continue to act in a hostile manner,even when rebuffed for it,instead of being friendly? Kelly would say Jim

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Kelly believed that the hostile person does not know how people will react to friendliness because he or she has rarely tried it.

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Far more than the other theorists,Kelly's approach emphasizes ____ functioning.

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Kelly believed we are motivated by

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The Organizational Corollary describes relationships among constructs.

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