PSCH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Personal Construct Theory, Wine Tasting, Behaviorism
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The personal construct theory by kelly emphasizes the what someone interprets an event: person is a scientist who organizes and constructs and predicts future events based on interpretations. **exercise: in class*: asked to draw a tree, each person has a different interpretation of a tree. Constructs are formed based on similarities and differences among events/ people: core constructs (define you) are basic system, superordinate constructs are high on the hierarchy. Ex: when see dog: animal: subordinate constructs are low. When see dog: specific breed of animal. The role construct repertory (rep) test: asses the content, structure, and complexity of someone"s construct system. Anxiety, fear and threat are explained by experiences relate to our construct system: psychotherapy for these includes reconstructing the construct system. When think we know how the world is like = perception. When something happens = shook core construct systems. Published in 1955 during: 1955 = when behaviorism is popular. Cognitive theory: thoughts, emotions, moods, goals, behaviors =
