PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Dcf Interframe Space, Psychopathology, Flashbulb Memory
19 Apr 2013
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Personal construct psychology: constructs are bipolar (two-ended), one more accessible ( emergent end of the pole") and one less accessible ( implicit end of the pole") The more we focus on the emergent end, the more we drive the implicit end into our unconscious. Strong focus on emergent pole may cause the implicit pole to submerge out of awareness. Kelly doesn"t believe that constructs emerge out of language; rather, language is just the way we learn to put terminology to constructs that already exist. Ex babies can learn facial expressions, before they can speak. One remembers what is structured and forgets what is unstructured. Can see which constructs you use most often, when comparing different people. Challenges for kelly"s pcp: overestimating the rationality of construct use among people? (jerome bruner) Some people argue that kelly"s theory assumes people use constructs that are sensible and rational. Rather than testing new ideas may not be rational, but comforting.
