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Humanistic/Existential Theories
Kelly: Psychology of Personal Constructs
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1

Kelly’s theory can be called a _____________________ because it is mostly a theory about theories.
2

Kelly regarded people as ____________________, because they ask questions, formulate hypotheses, and look for evidence.
3

The Psychology of ______________________ Constructs is Kelly’s best-known book.
4

Personal ____________________ are our way of interpreting events.
5

To Kelly, present constructs are subject to ________________ or replacement.
6

Kelly believed that personal ____________________, not the facts, holds the key to an individual’s future.
7

If a construct is to exist, there must be both a _______________ and a contrast.
8

Kelly’s basic postulate assumes that people’s processes are directed by the ways in which they __________________________ events.
9

Constructive _______________________ refers to Kelly’s assumption that all of our present interpretations are subject to revision or replacement.
10

The ______________________ corollary states that people anticipate events by construing their replications.
11

The organization corollary emphasizes the ___________________ among constructs.
12

The ____________________ corollary assumes that personal constructs are finite and not relevant to everything.
13

Kelly’s ___________________ corollary assumes that the extent to which we revise our constructs is related to the degree of permeability of our existing constructs.
14

In spite of repeated ________________________, unhealthy people hold on to their personal constructs.
15

___________________ is experienced when people see that the stability of their basic constructs is likely to be shaken.
16

Kelly defined ___________________ as “the sense of having lost one’s core role structure.”
17

Kelly believed that fear is more ____________________ and incidental than threat.
18

_______________________ anxiety exists when people realize that their incompatible constructs can no longer be tolerated.
19

Kelly used ____________________ therapy to help clients change their outlook on life by acting out a predetermined role.
20

Kelly’s concept of ____________________ choice explains how present choices expand the range of our future choices.




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