Health Sciences 3820A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Repertory Grid, Judge Dredd, Cluster Analysis
31 Mar 2019
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A person understands the world through bipolar scales of personal constructs - that are used to understand what has happened in the past and to anticipate what will happen in the future. Personal scientists has constructs that serve as hypotheses about the world - that are tested and revised with the goal of finding a greater sense of order in the world. Constructive alternativism a philosophical position that all human constructions are imperfect and subject to revision or replacement. It implies that no one needs to be completely controlled by their circumstances. A procedure that is used for understanding the individual ways in which people construe life experiences. It involves rating elements on a series of personal constructs made of bipolar scales. These scales help to show how elements are similar to some and different than other elements. The original elements were specific roles in a client"s life.
