PSY 505 Chapter Notes -Personal Construct Theory, Trait Theory, Nomothetic
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Chapter 11: the personal construct theory of george kelly emphasizes the way in which the person construes or interprets events. Kelly viewed the person as a scientist an observer of events who formulates concepts or constructs to organize phenomena and uses these constructs to predict the future. Disordered responses to anxiety can be seen in the way constructs are applied to new events, in the way constructs are used to make predictions, and in the organization of the entire construct system. Psychotherapy is the process of reconstructing the construct system. Kelly"s fixed-role therapy, clients are encouraged to represent themselves in new ways, behave in new ways, and construe themselves in new ways: research on personal construct theory has focused mainly on the rep test. Recent research has shown that kelly"s idiographic assessment procedures reveal much information about the individual that is not revealed by nomothetic tests based on trait theory.
