PSYC 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Personal Construct Theory, Metatheory, Minimal Traditional
30 Mar 2016
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Cognitions: thoughts or ideas that we have about the world around us (expectations, interpretations, our model) These our used to help us understand the world and predict what is coming. Neofreudians talk about primordial images that guide us. Trait theorists said we collect images of good and bad people. Was a drama teacher: he coached people in taking different roles. He introduced role play in therapy he discovered people had symptoms after reading about them (medical student syndrome) Kelly is hard to classify (is he cognitive, phenomenological, humanist?) His theory is different, because it is a metatheory (theory about theories). He essentially created a theory about how we theorize. Cognitive alternativism: you can change your mind. You need never be the victim of your own autobiography . Person as scientist: we create our own theories. Our goal has always been to predict and control the world/events. It"s about your perceptions, interpretations, not the truth .
