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| Psychologist associated with cog/personal construct theory |
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COGNITIVE
-cog processes (thoughts, beliefs), expectations |
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-problem solving + how humans organize their perceptions |
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| components of self: kelly |
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COGNITIVE
1. self construct: what we see as consistencies in our own beh
2. role: process/beh based on understanding of beh/constructs of others |
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subjective probability that reinforcement will occur (based on prior exp)
-causal infl on beh |
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| kelly: humans as scientists |
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COGNITIVE
-increase predictability and reduce uncertainty
-hypothesis testing part of psychological life (constructs)
-retain what is useful |
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| kelly: constructive alternativism def |
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-assumption that any event is open to a variety of interpretations (choices in ways to interpret)
-alternative constructions lead to different actions |
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| kelly: personal construct def |
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COGNITIVE
-hypotheses about people/events that make the world meaningful to us (use for prediction)
-test in subsequent experience |
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| kelly: features of personal construct |
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COGNITIVE
-Dichotomous: bipolar
-Range of Convenience: apply construct broadly
-Focus of Convenience: limit construct to narrow focus
-Permeable: open to change/modulation (concrete = difficult to change) |
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| kelly: personal construct theory |
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-if constructs appear to fit subsequent experience, find them useful and hold on to them
-misleading = alter way of construing |
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| kelly: fundamental postulate |
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-a persons processes are psychologically channelized by the ways in which he anticipates events |
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elaborations of fundamental postulate
1. Construction: people anticipate events by interpreting them
2. Individuality: each person construes events differently (subjective)
3. Organization: people develop system of superordinate and subordinate constructs
4. Dichotomy: constructs are bipolar (opposite quality is NOT a characteristic of it)
5. Experience: change constructions of events/people in light of experience (constructive alternativism) |
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| kelly: how we deal with novel situations |
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CPC Cycle
1. Circumspection
- if-then thinking, cog trial and error
-which construct to use?
2. Preemption
-choice of most relevant construct
3. Control
-choice of pole, course of action |
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