Question 1

Kelly held that

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A) scientific inquiry should be limited to trained scientists. 
B) nonscientists make observations and draw conclusions in much the same way as scientists. 
C) an overemphasis on scientific method has restricted the growth of psychology. 
D) an underemphasis on scientific method has restricted the growth of psychology. 
A) scientific inquiry should be limited to trained scientists. 
B) nonscientists make observations and draw conclusions in much the same way as scientists. 
C) an overemphasis on scientific method has restricted the growth of psychology. 
D) an underemphasis on scientific method has restricted the growth of psychology. B

Question 2

A student is given a Role Title List and asked to designate people who fit the various role titles on the list.This is part of the procedure for the

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A) Role Construct Repertory Test. 
B) Construct Aptitude Test. 
C) Role Construct Orientation. 
D) Construct Evaluation Survey. 
E) Core Construct Checklist. 
A) Role Construct Repertory Test. 
B) Construct Aptitude Test. 
C) Role Construct Orientation. 
D) Construct Evaluation Survey. 
E) Core Construct Checklist. A

Question 3

Psychological disorders, Kelly said, result from

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A) trauma experienced during an individual's early childhood. 
B) genetic defects. 
C) an underdeveloped personal construction system. 
D) personal constructs that are too permeable or too inflexible. 
E) too many personal constructs. 
A) trauma experienced during an individual's early childhood. 
B) genetic defects. 
C) an underdeveloped personal construction system. 
D) personal constructs that are too permeable or too inflexible. 
E) too many personal constructs. D

Question 4

According to Kelly, dichotomies will ______ a construct's range of convenience.

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A) limit 
B) expand 
C) contrast 
D) energize 
A) limit 
B) expand 
C) contrast 
D) energize

Question 5

The purpose of Kelly's Rep test is to

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A) reconstruct patients' obsolete personal constructs. 
B) learn how clients construe significant people in their lives. 
C) provide the therapist with a differential diagnosis of patients. 
D) uncover previously repressed conflicts. 
A) reconstruct patients' obsolete personal constructs. 
B) learn how clients construe significant people in their lives. 
C) provide the therapist with a differential diagnosis of patients. 
D) uncover previously repressed conflicts.

Question 6

Kelly's fundamental postulate of personal construct theory

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A) states that personality is fictional. 
B) reflects objective, scientifically established facts. 
C) is a tentative assumption about personality. 
D) illustrates a phenomenological approach. 
E) points to the biological origins of personality. 
A) states that personality is fictional. 
B) reflects objective, scientifically established facts. 
C) is a tentative assumption about personality. 
D) illustrates a phenomenological approach. 
E) points to the biological origins of personality.

Question 7

Kelly's view of human nature was essentially

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A) optimistic. 
B) pessimistic. 
C) deterministic. 
D) causal. 
E) biological. 
A) optimistic. 
B) pessimistic. 
C) deterministic. 
D) causal. 
E) biological.

Question 8

Personal constructs on Kelly's repertory grid consist of two poles:

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A) conscious and unconscious. 
B) adaptive and maladaptive. 
C) unitary and dichotomous. 
D) emergent and implicit. 
E) permeable and impermeable. 
A) conscious and unconscious. 
B) adaptive and maladaptive. 
C) unitary and dichotomous. 
D) emergent and implicit. 
E) permeable and impermeable.

Question 9

Kelly held that, generally speaking, people

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A) attempt to validate and improve their constructs. 
B) are usually unaware of their personal constructs. 
C) rarely or never attempt to change their constructs. 
D) are totally conscious of their personal constructs. 
A) attempt to validate and improve their constructs. 
B) are usually unaware of their personal constructs. 
C) rarely or never attempt to change their constructs. 
D) are totally conscious of their personal constructs.

Question 10

All women are humans: all humans are mammals: all mammals are animals.This statement expresses Kelly's ______ corollary.

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A) organization 
B) commonality 
C) sociality 
D) fragmentation 
E) individuality 
A) organization 
B) commonality 
C) sociality 
D) fragmentation 
E) individuality

Question 11

Kelly believed that people's attempts to interpret and explain events is similar to that of

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A) teachers. 
B) psychologists. 
C) artists. 
D) scientists. 
E) therapists. 
A) teachers. 
B) psychologists. 
C) artists. 
D) scientists. 
E) therapists.

Question 12

Kelly might explain client resistance and negative transference during psychotherapy as a means of reducing

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A) fear. 
B) threat. 
C) anxiety. 
D) guilt. 
E) constructs. 
A) fear. 
B) threat. 
C) anxiety. 
D) guilt. 
E) constructs.

Question 13

Personal construct theory assumes that behavior is

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A) shaped by one's past experiences. 
B) lawful and predictable. 
C) molded by heredity. 
D) guided by anticipation of events. 
A) shaped by one's past experiences. 
B) lawful and predictable. 
C) molded by heredity. 
D) guided by anticipation of events.

Question 14

Kelly believed that our definition of our self in terms of who we really are is

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A) our core role. 
B) our peripheral role. 
C) our subjective role. 
D) our objective role. 
A) our core role. 
B) our peripheral role. 
C) our subjective role. 
D) our objective role.

Question 15

The purpose of Kelly's fixed-role therapy is to

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A) solve specific problems. 
B) reconstruct permeable personal constructs. 
C) allow clients to discover hidden aspects of themselves. 
D) help clients function more productively in their jobs. 
E) help clients function more productively in their marriages. 
A) solve specific problems. 
B) reconstruct permeable personal constructs. 
C) allow clients to discover hidden aspects of themselves. 
D) help clients function more productively in their jobs. 
E) help clients function more productively in their marriages.

Question 16

As a scientific theory, Kelly's psychology of constructs is rated highest on its

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A) organizing knowledge. 
B) generating research. 
C) guidance of action. 
D) internal consistency. 
A) organizing knowledge. 
B) generating research. 
C) guidance of action. 
D) internal consistency.

Question 17

Kelly's early background reveals a

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A) definitely irregular formal education. 
B) close relationship with an older sister. 
C) close relationship with an older brother. 
D) strong dependence on his parents until he was 30 years old. 
A) definitely irregular formal education. 
B) close relationship with an older sister. 
C) close relationship with an older brother. 
D) strong dependence on his parents until he was 30 years old.

Question 18

According to Kelly, a person's construct system

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A) is mostly inherited. 
B) is a finite number of opposite constructs. 
C) prevents free choice. 
D) anticipates an infinite range of events. 
E) cannot tolerate incompatible subsystems. 
A) is mostly inherited. 
B) is a finite number of opposite constructs. 
C) prevents free choice. 
D) anticipates an infinite range of events. 
E) cannot tolerate incompatible subsystems.

Question 19

Unlike Adler, Kelly pointed out that our interpretation of events receive meaning through

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A) social interest. 
B) self-perception. 
C) creative power. 
D) a causal view of the universe. 
E) the dimension of time. 
A) social interest. 
B) self-perception. 
C) creative power. 
D) a causal view of the universe. 
E) the dimension of time.

Question 20

While talking with Connor, Matt anticipates what Connor will say next.This event is best accounted for by Kelly's ______ corollary.

Accepted Answer

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

Kelly held that

A student is given a Role Title List and asked to designate people who fit the various role titles on the list.This is part of the procedure for the

Psychological disorders, Kelly said, result from

According to Kelly, dichotomies will ______ a construct's range of convenience.

The purpose of Kelly's Rep test is to

Kelly's fundamental postulate of personal construct theory

Kelly's view of human nature was essentially

Personal constructs on Kelly's repertory grid consist of two poles:

Kelly held that, generally speaking, people

All women are humans: all humans are mammals: all mammals are animals.This statement expresses Kelly's ______ corollary.

Kelly believed that people's attempts to interpret and explain events is similar to that of

Kelly might explain client resistance and negative transference during psychotherapy as a means of reducing

Personal construct theory assumes that behavior is

Kelly believed that our definition of our self in terms of who we really are is

The purpose of Kelly's fixed-role therapy is to

As a scientific theory, Kelly's psychology of constructs is rated highest on its

Kelly's early background reveals a

According to Kelly, a person's construct system

Unlike Adler, Kelly pointed out that our interpretation of events receive meaning through

While talking with Connor, Matt anticipates what Connor will say next.This event is best accounted for by Kelly's ______ corollary.

Introduction to Personality Theory

Freud: Psychoanalysis

Adler: Individual Psychology

Jung: Analytical Psychology

Klein: Object Relations Theory

Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory

Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory

Rogers: Person-Centered Theory

May: Existential Psychology

Allport: Psychology of the Individual

Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory

Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory

Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality

Skinner: Behavioral Analysis

Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory

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Kelly held that

A student is given a Role Title List and asked to designate people who fit the various role titles on the list.This is part of the procedure for the

Psychological disorders, Kelly said, result from

According to Kelly, dichotomies will ______ a construct's range of convenience.

The purpose of Kelly's Rep test is to

Kelly's fundamental postulate of personal construct theory

Kelly's view of human nature was essentially

Personal constructs on Kelly's repertory grid consist of two poles:

Kelly held that, generally speaking, people

All women are humans: all humans are mammals: all mammals are animals.This statement expresses Kelly's ______ corollary.

Kelly believed that people's attempts to interpret and explain events is similar to that of

Kelly might explain client resistance and negative transference during psychotherapy as a means of reducing

Personal construct theory assumes that behavior is

Kelly believed that our definition of our self in terms of who we really are is

The purpose of Kelly's fixed-role therapy is to

As a scientific theory, Kelly's psychology of constructs is rated highest on its

Kelly's early background reveals a

According to Kelly, a person's construct system

Unlike Adler, Kelly pointed out that our interpretation of events receive meaning through

While talking with Connor, Matt anticipates what Connor will say next.This event is best accounted for by Kelly's ______ corollary.

Introduction to Personality Theory

Freud: Psychoanalysis

Adler: Individual Psychology

Jung: Analytical Psychology

Klein: Object Relations Theory

Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory

Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory

Rogers: Person-Centered Theory

May: Existential Psychology

Allport: Psychology of the Individual

Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory

Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory

Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality

Skinner: Behavioral Analysis

Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory

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