PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Human Nature
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We develop personal constructs that serve as hypotheses of the world around us. Constructive alternatavism is the assumption that one event is open to many interpretations. We continually test, revise, and modify our constructs. The fundamental postulate: the way in which an individual predicts future happenings is crucial to behaviour. We differ in the way we construct events: organization. Our constructs fall into an organized pattern: dichotomy. In making an interpretation of an event (constructing), we indicate the opposite quality is not a characteristic of it. This provides a basis for constructive alternativism: choice. The person chooses the alternative in a dichotomized construct the one he will use: range. Construct only works for a finite range of eventsd: experience. People"s constructs change through experience: modulation. The extent to which a construct can be modified is if the construct is permeable: fragmentation. We employ constructs that are imcompatible with each other: communality.
