Question 1

A self-characterization sketch is used to determine:

Accepted Answer

A)  specific neuroses among clients due to basic anxiety. 
B)  the accuracy of the repertory grid. 
C)  the corollaries dominating a client's life. 
D)  how people perceive themselves in relation to others. 
A)  specific neuroses among clients due to basic anxiety. 
B)  the accuracy of the repertory grid. 
C)  the corollaries dominating a client's life. 
D)  how people perceive themselves in relation to others.

Question 2

Which of the following was evident from the research on Kelly's theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  A person's constructs measured by the REP Test remain stable over time. 
B)  Even though the role models changed,the constructs that were important to the subjects remained the same. 
C)  Couples with similar constructs reported greater happiness with their marriage. 
D)  All of these are correct. 
A)  A person's constructs measured by the REP Test remain stable over time. 
B)  Even though the role models changed,the constructs that were important to the subjects remained the same. 
C)  Couples with similar constructs reported greater happiness with their marriage. 
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 3

A person formulates hypotheses about the environment and tests them against:

Accepted Answer

A)  established psychological theories. 
B)  the archetypes in collective unconscious. 
C)  the reality of daily life. 
D)  unconscious fears and desires. 
A)  established psychological theories. 
B)  the archetypes in collective unconscious. 
C)  the reality of daily life. 
D)  unconscious fears and desires.

Question 4

Kelly attempted to describe all aspects of personality,including its emotional components,strictly in terms of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive processes 
B)  biological processes 
C)  unconscious desires 
D)  instinctoid needs 
A)  cognitive processes 
B)  biological processes 
C)  unconscious desires 
D)  instinctoid needs

Question 5

People high in cognitive complexity:

Accepted Answer

A)  are likely to hail from monocultural backgrounds. 
B)  tend to have authoritarian parents. 
C)  are low in empathic ability. 
D)  can easily place a person in many categories. 
A)  are likely to hail from monocultural backgrounds. 
B)  tend to have authoritarian parents. 
C)  are low in empathic ability. 
D)  can easily place a person in many categories.

Question 6

The Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test is used to:

Accepted Answer

A)  discover a person's position in the needs hierarchy. 
B)  determine a person's roles according to his or her construct system. 
C)  manipulate the dominant construct in an individual. 
D)  uncover the constructs people apply to the important people in their lives. 
A)  discover a person's position in the needs hierarchy. 
B)  determine a person's roles according to his or her construct system. 
C)  manipulate the dominant construct in an individual. 
D)  uncover the constructs people apply to the important people in their lives.

Question 7

The _____ corollary says that people need to fit themselves in the constructs of the persons with whom they want to have positive relationships.

Accepted Answer

A)  range 
B)  modulation 
C)  sociality 
D)  commonality 
A)  range 
B)  modulation 
C)  sociality 
D)  commonality

Question 8

Which of the following is a goal of the fixed role therapy promoted by George Kelly?

Accepted Answer

A)  A client should reinforce his or her existing constructs based on his or her negative self-perception. 
B)  A client should discover that the new constructs work better in anticipating events than the old constructs by which the client was living. 
C)  A client must be able to deal with role-stresses by focusing on a fixed role at a particular point in time. 
D)  A client must develop new a construct system in alignment with his or her roles and responsibilities in the family. 
A)  A client should reinforce his or her existing constructs based on his or her negative self-perception. 
B)  A client should discover that the new constructs work better in anticipating events than the old constructs by which the client was living. 
C)  A client must be able to deal with role-stresses by focusing on a fixed role at a particular point in time. 
D)  A client must develop new a construct system in alignment with his or her roles and responsibilities in the family.

Question 9

According to Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test results,which of the following is true of schizophrenics?

Accepted Answer

A)  They cannot identify objects that are used for similar purposes. 
B)  They are unstable and inconsistent in construing other people. 
C)  They can solely identify people and objects in a clinical setting. 
D)  None of these are correct. 
A)  They cannot identify objects that are used for similar purposes. 
B)  They are unstable and inconsistent in construing other people. 
C)  They can solely identify people and objects in a clinical setting. 
D)  None of these are correct.

Question 10

Currently,Kelly's personal construct theory:

Accepted Answer

A)  is held as a supplementary therapy in psychoanalysis. 
B)  is held as a basic principle of classical conditioning. 
C)  is very popular among psychologists in the United States. 
D)  enjoys a broad base of support in Europe and Canada. 
A)  is held as a supplementary therapy in psychoanalysis. 
B)  is held as a basic principle of classical conditioning. 
C)  is very popular among psychologists in the United States. 
D)  enjoys a broad base of support in Europe and Canada.

Question 11

If people construe an experience homogenously,then their cognitive processes will be:

Accepted Answer

A)  similar. 
B)  identical. 
C)  fragmented. 
D)  permeable. 
A)  similar. 
B)  identical. 
C)  fragmented. 
D)  permeable.

Question 12

Kelly's personality theory is based on concepts such as the unconscious,the ego,needs,drives,stimuli and responses,and reinforcement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Kelly observed that a hostile person would not know how people would react to friendliness because he or she has rarely tried it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The dichotomy corollary states that:

Accepted Answer

A)  people modify their constructs as a result of new experiences. 
B)  an individual must also account for dissimilarities among people or events. 
C)  people modify their behavior based on other people's ideas of them. 
D)  two individuals often perceive events in opposite and mutually exclusive ways. 
A)  people modify their constructs as a result of new experiences. 
B)  an individual must also account for dissimilarities among people or events. 
C)  people modify their behavior based on other people's ideas of them. 
D)  two individuals often perceive events in opposite and mutually exclusive ways.

Question 15

In the context of the real-world application of Kelly's theory,the Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test:

Accepted Answer

A)  has been used as a supplementary test in psychoanalysis. 
B)  has been used in market research. 
C)  cannot be used in industrial settings. 
D)  cannot be used with schizophrenics. 
A)  has been used as a supplementary test in psychoanalysis. 
B)  has been used in market research. 
C)  cannot be used in industrial settings. 
D)  cannot be used with schizophrenics.

Question 16

All of the following are criticisms of Kelly's theory except that:

Accepted Answer

A)  it omits motivation and emotion. 
B)  it is based on an unrepresentative sample. 
C)  the concept of the unconscious lacks empirical support. 
D)  the rational image of human nature does not coincide with reality. 
A)  it omits motivation and emotion. 
B)  it is based on an unrepresentative sample. 
C)  the concept of the unconscious lacks empirical support. 
D)  the rational image of human nature does not coincide with reality.

Question 17

Which of the following is a difference between Kelly's cognitive theory and the cognitive movement that began around 1960?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive psychologists studied their subjects in an experimental setting,whereas Kelly developed his theory in a clinical setting. 
B)  Cognitive psychologists studied their subjects in a clinical setting,whereas Kelly developed his theory in an experimental setting. 
C)  Kelly's study primarily dealt with overt behavior,whereas cognitive psychologists primarily studied covert behavior. 
D)  Kelly believed that learning influences a person's response to a given stimulus,whereas cognitive psychologists stressed on the conscious constructs by which people arrange their lives. 
A)  Cognitive psychologists studied their subjects in an experimental setting,whereas Kelly developed his theory in a clinical setting. 
B)  Cognitive psychologists studied their subjects in a clinical setting,whereas Kelly developed his theory in an experimental setting. 
C)  Kelly's study primarily dealt with overt behavior,whereas cognitive psychologists primarily studied covert behavior. 
D)  Kelly believed that learning influences a person's response to a given stimulus,whereas cognitive psychologists stressed on the conscious constructs by which people arrange their lives.

Question 18

According to Kelly,the freedom to revise one's constructs is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  constructive determinism. 
B)  constructive interference. 
C)  constructive alternativism. 
D)  constructive dichotomy. 
A)  constructive determinism. 
B)  constructive interference. 
C)  constructive alternativism. 
D)  constructive dichotomy.

Question 19

The choice corollary in Kelly's theory describes similarities among repeated events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to Kelly,individuals use personal constructs to:

Accepted Answer

A)  manipulate their subconscious thoughts. 
B)  release their repressed emotions and experiences. 
C)  predict and control the events in their lives. 
D)  assess the behavior of other people. 
A)  manipulate their subconscious thoughts. 
B)  release their repressed emotions and experiences. 
C)  predict and control the events in their lives. 
D)  assess the behavior of other people.

A self-characterization sketch is used to determine:

Which of the following was evident from the research on Kelly's theory?

A person formulates hypotheses about the environment and tests them against:

Kelly attempted to describe all aspects of personality,including its emotional components,strictly in terms of _____.

People high in cognitive complexity:

The Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test is used to:

The _____ corollary says that people need to fit themselves in the constructs of the persons with whom they want to have positive relationships.

Which of the following is a goal of the fixed role therapy promoted by George Kelly?

According to Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test results,which of the following is true of schizophrenics?

Currently,Kelly's personal construct theory:

If people construe an experience homogenously,then their cognitive processes will be:

Kelly's personality theory is based on concepts such as the unconscious,the ego,needs,drives,stimuli and responses,and reinforcement.

Kelly observed that a hostile person would not know how people would react to friendliness because he or she has rarely tried it.

The dichotomy corollary states that:

In the context of the real-world application of Kelly's theory,the Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test:

All of the following are criticisms of Kelly's theory except that:

Which of the following is a difference between Kelly's cognitive theory and the cognitive movement that began around 1960?

According to Kelly,the freedom to revise one's constructs is called:

The choice corollary in Kelly's theory describes similarities among repeated events.

According to Kelly,individuals use personal constructs to:

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Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology

Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology

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Erik Erikson: Identity Theory

Gordon Allport: Motivation and Personality

Raymond Cattell, Hans Eysenck, The Five-Factor Theory, Hexaco, and the Dark Triad

Abraham Maslow: Needs-Hierarchy Theory

Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory

Bfskinner: Reinforcement Theory

Albert Bandura: Modeling Theory

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Exam 11: George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory

A self-characterization sketch is used to determine:

Which of the following was evident from the research on Kelly's theory?

A person formulates hypotheses about the environment and tests them against:

Kelly attempted to describe all aspects of personality,including its emotional components,strictly in terms of _____.

People high in cognitive complexity:

The Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test is used to:

The _____ corollary says that people need to fit themselves in the constructs of the persons with whom they want to have positive relationships.

Which of the following is a goal of the fixed role therapy promoted by George Kelly?

According to Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test results,which of the following is true of schizophrenics?

Currently,Kelly's personal construct theory:

If people construe an experience homogenously,then their cognitive processes will be:

Kelly's personality theory is based on concepts such as the unconscious,the ego,needs,drives,stimuli and responses,and reinforcement.

Kelly observed that a hostile person would not know how people would react to friendliness because he or she has rarely tried it.

The dichotomy corollary states that:

In the context of the real-world application of Kelly's theory,the Role Construct Repertory (REP)Test:

All of the following are criticisms of Kelly's theory except that:

Which of the following is a difference between Kelly's cognitive theory and the cognitive movement that began around 1960?

According to Kelly,the freedom to revise one's constructs is called:

The choice corollary in Kelly's theory describes similarities among repeated events.

According to Kelly,individuals use personal constructs to:

Personality: What It Is and Why You Should Care

Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalysis

Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology

Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology

Karen Horney: Neurotic Needs and Trends

Erik Erikson: Identity Theory

Gordon Allport: Motivation and Personality

Raymond Cattell, Hans Eysenck, The Five-Factor Theory, Hexaco, and the Dark Triad

Abraham Maslow: Needs-Hierarchy Theory

Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory

Bfskinner: Reinforcement Theory

Albert Bandura: Modeling Theory

Facets of Personality: Taking Control, Taking Chances, and Finding Happiness

Personality in Perspective

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