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| effort to expand one's construct system so it is capable of assimilating a greater range of experiences |
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| feeling one has when one realizes that an experience lies outside one;s construct system |
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| states that people will choose a construct that will either further define or extend their construct system |
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| that phase of the CPC cycle in which a person ponders several constructs that might be useful in construing a novel situation |
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| any theory that focuses on the study of mental events |
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| cognitively complex person |
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| person with many well-differentiated constructs in his or her construct system |
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| cognitively simple person |
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| person with only a few poorly differentiated constructs in his or her construct system |
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| states that people can be considered similar not because of similar physical experiences but because they construe their experiences in a similar fashion |
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| idea or thought that a person uses when construing personal experience |
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| collection of constructs used by a person at any given time to construe the events in his or her life |
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| states that constructs are formed on the basis of the recurring themes in one's experience |
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| constructive alternativism |
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| term that reflects Kelly's belief that there are numerous ways of construing one's experience and therefore one is free to choose from a number of construct systems |
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| one's active effort to interpret, explain, and give meaning to experiences |
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| the phase of the CPC cycle in the which people choose a pole of the construct chosen in the preemption phase of the cycle and act in accordance with that pole |
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| roles we play while interacting with the important people and groups in our lives |
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| those constructs on which we rely most heavily when construing experience--that is, those that have been most consistently validated |
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series of activities engaged in by a person confronted with a novel situation
(circumspection phase, control phase, and preemption phase) |
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Three-phase cycle in which innovative ideas are sought.
Phase 1 involves loosening one's construct system to allow realignments of elements and constructs.
Phase 2 involves retightening one's construct system after an innovative idea has been found.
Phase 3 involves testing the idea and retaining it if it is found useful and discarding it if not. |
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| assumption that the information provided by clients about themselves can be trusted as accurate and valid |
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| definition of a construct system |
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Choice of a construct in construing a situation that has already been successful in construing similar situations.
Such a choice has the effect of further validating one's construct system. |
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States that each construct has two poles, one of which describes what characteristics the events to which the construct is relevant have in common, the other of which describes events without those characteristics.
For example, of the one pole of a construct describes beautiful things, the other pole may describe things without beauty, or ugly things. |
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| any theory that focuses on the nature of, or the problems related to, human existence |
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States that mere passive experience in unimportant.
It is the active construing of experience that ultimately results in a more effective construct system. |
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| extension of a construct system |
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Choice of a construct, in construing a situation, that has never been tried.
Such a choice has the potential effect of extending one's construct system so that it is capable of assimilating a greater range of experience. |
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| feeling one has when a relatively unimportant construct is about to be invalidated, thus requiring a minor change in one's construct system |
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Clinical technique that asks clients to act as if they were other people.
Thus clients become actors, and the therapist becomes a supporting actor.
The idea is to have the clients try different ways of construing their experiences in a nonthreatening situation as the therapist provides validating information about their new construct systems. |
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| events within the range of convenience of a construct to which that construct is maximally significant |
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| states that as a construct system is being tested, revised, or extended, certain inconsistencies in behavior may result |
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| feeling one has when one acts contrary to a role one has assumed while interacting with a significant person or group in one's life |
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| attempt to force the validation of a prediction that has already proved to be erroneous |
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| any theory that assumes that humans are basically good and rational and their behavior is purposive |
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| states that each person is unique in his or her manner of construing experience |
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| jackass theory of motivation |
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Kelly's description of his own theory because it claimed that motivation is inherent to human nature.
Therefore, there is no need to postulate events that push or pull humans into action. |
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| any change in one's construct system |
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| states that a construct system is more likely to change if the constructs contained in it are permeable |
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| for Kelly, a synonym for life |
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| states that constructs are arranged in a hierarchy from most general to most specific |
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| construct that easily assimilates new experiences |
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| idea or thought that a person uses when construing personal experience |
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| for Kelly, the term personality refers to a person's construct system |
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| one who studies intact, conscious experience |
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| that phase of the CPC cycle in which people decide which construct to use to construe a novel situation |
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Construct formulated early in one's life, before language was adequately developed.
Although such a construct cannot be labeled verbally, it can still be used to construe one's experiences. |
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| construct that is cognitively tested as one that might be useful in construing a situation |
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| because Kelly equated people suffering emotional problems with bad scientists, therapy was regarded as a setting in which the client could learn to be a better scientist--that is, learn to develop a more effective construct system |
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| pull theories of motivation |
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Those theories that emphasize terms such a purpose, value, or need.
Kelly also called these carrot theories. |
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| push theories of motivation |
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Those theories that emphasize terms such as drive, motive, and stimulus.
Kelly also called these pitchfork theories. |
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| states that a construct is relevant to only a finite range of events |
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| finite range of events to which a particular construct is relevant |
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| for Kelly, a role is acting in accordance with another person's expectations of how one will act |
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| for Kelly, a role is acting in accordance with another person's expectations of how one will act |
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Awareness of another person's expectations.
In a sense, a role construct involves seeing the world through someone else's eyes. |
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| role construct repertory test (REP test) |
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| test developed by Kelly to identify the constructs clients use to construe the relevant people in their lives |
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| sketch that Kelly sometimes had his clients write about themselves (in the third person) in order to learn what constructs they used to construe themselves and other people |
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| the abrupt shifting form the use of one pole of a construct to its opposite that is often precipitated by stress |
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States that to engage in constructive social interaction with another person, one must first understand how that person construes his or her experiences.
Only then can one play a role in that person's life. |
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Situation in which one pole of a construct is used, but the other pole tends not to be.
The unused pole is said to be submerged or unconscious. |
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| constructs that are subsumed under a more general construct |
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| general construct that subsumes other constructs |
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Situation in which an experience has low cognitive awareness because it is incompatible with one's current construct system.
If one's construct system is changed so it can assimilate the experience, it (the experience) will enter full awareness; that is, it will not longer be suspended. |
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| awareness that one or more important constructs will be invalidated, thus requiring a major change in one's construct system |
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| constructs with low cognitive awareness |
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| results when a construct or a construct system successfully anticipates an experence |
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