PSY230H1 Lecture : George Kelly
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In our attempts to understand the world we develop personal constructs hypotheses which make the world more meaningful to us. If the constructs fit our experiences we hold onto them, if they do not we seek to change them. He placed emphasis on the ways in which people construe the world and thus is perceived as a cognitive theorist who stresses the process of knowing as the primary factor in personality development. He however, felt that his theory should not be classified and instead considered independently. The cognitive view: rejects behaviourist view that people react passively to stimuli. Instead it explores the various ways in which we respond to the environment by actively processing the information we receive into new forms, categories, and mental representations of the world. Behaviour is in part determined by attitudes, expectations and beliefs. His theory is based on the philosophical position constructive alternativism: any one event is open to a variety of interpretations.
