Question 1

Tetlock, Armor, and Peterson (1993) found that abolitionists were

Accepted Answer

A)  actually strongly in favor of slavery, but rejected it for political reasons 
B)  were relatively cognitively simple 
C)  were relatively cognitively complex 
D)  fought for their construct "all people are equal", though they expected to lose

Question 2

To Kelly, the forces that determine behavior are

Accepted Answer

A)  external 
B)  internal 
C)  mostly external, partly internal 
D)  extrapsych

Question 3

Joan's construct system is organized by "abstracting across the cleavage line," which means

Accepted Answer

A)  constructs are arranged in a concentric pattern 
B)  whole constructs fall under superordinate emergent and under superordinate implicit poles 
C)  constructs bear adversarial relationship to one another such that each opposes and complements the other 
D)  subordinate constructs fall directly under the corresponding emergent and implicit poles of the superordinate constructs

Question 4

Dependency constructs tend to be

Accepted Answer

A)  complex 
B)  easy to change 
C)  global 
D)  free flowing

Question 5

Kelly's fundamental postulate is

Accepted Answer

A)  the assumption that a person's psychological processes are routed through various channels by the way the person anticipates events 
B)  humans can solve their problems if they are provided with another person to act as a sounding board off which they can bounce their emotions 
C)  the important events for understanding humans are internal 
D)  people are able to accurately predict their outcomes in the future, provided they record past rewards

Question 6

All except one of the following are research findings regarding cognitively complex and simple people and differences between the cognitive conditions they represent. Which is NOT a complex-simple research finding?

Accepted Answer

A)  Complex persons are better at predicting the behavior of others. 
B)  Simple people are, on average, unable to maintain social relations for long periods of time. 
C)  People are more complex when describing their in-group, compared to an out-group. 
D)  College students showed more complexity in their descriptions of their own age group.

Question 7

Joan pleads with Jim to

Accepted Answer

A)  make his constructs more permeable 
B)  kiss up to Professor Martinson 
C)  to consider the C-P-C cycle 
D)  go out with her so they can talk things over

Question 8

Park and her colleagues (1992) found which of the following when they investigated constructs describing in-group and out-group?

Accepted Answer

A)  no differences in descriptions 
B)  more complexity in descriptions of the in-group 
C)  fewer sub-groups in the in-group 
D)  more simplicity in the in-group

Question 9

To Kelly, anxiety is

Accepted Answer

A)  what people experience when their construct systems do not apply to critical events 
B)  what people experience when a new construct appears to be entering the system and may be dominant 
C)  what people experience when their construct system appears to be fusing with that of another person 
D)  people's realization that their entire construct system will be over-hauled

Question 10

Serena Williams, the tennis star, symbolizes which of Joan's constructs?

Accepted Answer

A)  male-female 
B)  like me-not like me 
C)  admire-don't admire 
D)  trust-distrust

Question 11

All except one of the following are research findings regarding cognitively complex and simple people and differences between the cognitive conditions they represent. Which is NOT a complex-simple research finding?

Accepted Answer

A)  Complex business-administration masters-degree candidates were higher on all the highly valued traits investigated. 
B)  Young males gave older males more extreme evaluations than they gave to members of their own age group. 
C)  When arousal was moderate or high, high complex subjects were more discriminating of non-verbal behaviors than low complex subjects. 
D)  Politicians who showed some tolerance for slavery were more complex than either extreme slavery supporters or abolitionists.

Question 12

Which of the following was among Kelly's early careers?

Accepted Answer

A)  engineer 
B)  school teacher 
C)  traveling salesman 
D)  physics teacher

Question 13

A cognitively simple person is

Accepted Answer

A)  a person with very simplex constructs 
B)  a person who lacks intelligent by virtue of having a construct system that is unlike others' 
C)  a person who has a construct system with many constructs that are highly distinct from one another 
D)  a person who has a construct system that is characterized by blurred distinctions among constructs

Question 14

Jim's construction system, is organized by "extension of the cleavage line," which means

Accepted Answer

A)  constructs are arranged in a concentric pattern 
B)  whole constructs fall under superordinate emergent and under superordinate implicit poles 
C)  constructs bear adversarial relationship to one another such that each opposes and complements the other 
D)  subordinate constructs fall directly under the corresponding emergent and implicit poles of the superordinate constructs

Question 15

Dependency constructs are

Accepted Answer

A)  more rare, according to Kelly, than Freud would predict; 
B)  a reference to the level of interdependency among the constructs of a system 
C)  a reference to the level of dependency of one's constructs on those of another person 
D)  special constructs that revolve around the child's survival needs

Question 16

Jim's superordinate construct "trust-distrust" can be said to have

Accepted Answer

A)  really only one pole 
B)  only a few elements associated with it 
C)  a wide range of convenience 
D)  an flavor of simplicity to it

Question 17

All of the following are reasons why PCT is applicable to a broad spectrum of cultures, except one. Which is NOT a reason why PCT is broadly applicable to diverse cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its one-person-at-a-time. 
B)  Its open-ended. 
C)  Its flexible. 
D)  Its content-specific.

Question 18

A construction system is

Accepted Answer

A)  a system of tightly organized traits 
B)  an organization of constructs with the more important at the top and the less important at the bottom 
C)  the system of intra- and inter- psychic entities in a relationship that allows the organism to function at maximum efficiency 
D)  personality structures working in unison

Question 19

Concerning Pavlov, famous Russian discoverer of classical conditioning, Kelly

Accepted Answer

A)  was filled with admiration 
B)  was not quite sure why we should be grateful to him 
C)  thought that Pavlov made about as much sense as Freud, a lot of sense 
D)  was openly incensed

Question 20

Constructs at the top of a construct system are called

Accepted Answer

A)  superior 
B)  anterior 
C)  superordinate 
D)  elevated

Exam 11: Marching to a Different Drummer: George Kelly

Tetlock, Armor, and Peterson (1993) found that abolitionists were

To Kelly, the forces that determine behavior are

Joan's construct system is organized by "abstracting across the cleavage line," which means

Dependency constructs tend to be

Kelly's fundamental postulate is

All except one of the following are research findings regarding cognitively complex and simple people and differences between the cognitive conditions they represent. Which is NOT a complex-simple research finding?

Joan pleads with Jim to

Park and her colleagues (1992) found which of the following when they investigated constructs describing in-group and out-group?

To Kelly, anxiety is

Serena Williams, the tennis star, symbolizes which of Joan's constructs?

All except one of the following are research findings regarding cognitively complex and simple people and differences between the cognitive conditions they represent. Which is NOT a complex-simple research finding?

Which of the following was among Kelly's early careers?

A cognitively simple person is

Jim's construction system, is organized by "extension of the cleavage line," which means

Dependency constructs are

Jim's superordinate construct "trust-distrust" can be said to have

All of the following are reasons why PCT is applicable to a broad spectrum of cultures, except one. Which is NOT a reason why PCT is broadly applicable to diverse cultures?

A construction system is

Concerning Pavlov, famous Russian discoverer of classical conditioning, Kelly

Constructs at the top of a construct system are called