Question 1

Core constructs are those constructs currently undergoing change in an individual.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

"Is your teacher happy?" a student is asked. The student replies, "I don't know; I never thought about that." What interpretation from Kelly's theory is appropriate?

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A)   "Happiness" is a core construct for the student.
B)   The student has a fragmented view of the teacher.
C)   The teacher is a victim of slot movement.
D)   The teacher is outside the range of convenience of the student's construct "happiness."

Question 3

Which of Kelly's corollaries explains why people are inconsistent?

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A)   the Commonality Corollary
B)   the Fragmentation Corollary
C)   the Dichotomy Corollary
D)   the Individuality Corollary

Question 4

Dichotomous constructs are those which have

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A)   implications for evaluation of people as good or bad.
B)   no likelihood of being changed by experience.
C)   much similarity from one person to another.
D)   two poles.

Question 5

According to Kelly's fundamental postulate, psychological processes are channelized by

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A)   experience in childhood.
B)   patterns of drive satisfaction.
C)   unfulfilled needs.
D)   how a person anticipates events.

Question 6

The C-P-C Cycle describes the three steps of effective action.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is the third phase of the C-P-C cycle?

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A)   calibration
B)   circumspection
C)   control
D)   counting

Question 8

Kelly explained personality change as a result of

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A)   adjusting to environmental pressures.
B)   universal stages of development.
C)   stages of development which vary with each culture.
D)   successive constructions of the replications of events.

Question 9

According to Kelly's Commonality Corollary, people have similar psychological processes if

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A)   they have had similar life experiences.
B)   they are in similar environments.
C)   they have similar heredity.
D)   they use similar constructs.

Question 10

According to Kelly's Construction Corollary, people anticipate events by construing their

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A)   causes.
B)   effects.
C)   situational constraints.
D)   replications.

Question 11

A Role Construct Repertory grid consists of

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A)   lists of people and constructs.
B)   lists of the requirements for adequate performance in life roles.
C)   lists of all the significant people in your life, and the reasons they are important.
D)   an outline of the duties of each role in an organization.

Question 12

For a person who believes that miracles continue to happen in the present day, miracles correspond to
a permeable construct.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Slot movement describes

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A)   fitting in to society's roles.
B)   becoming a leader in a bureaucracy.
C)   extension of the construct system.
D)   changing to the contrast pole of a construct.

Question 14

Describe cognitive complexity. How is it measured? How does it influence behavior?

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Cognitive complexity refers to the abili...

Question 15

One sign of mental disturbance is that the contrast pole of a construct is not logical.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Joe thinks of people as "likable" or "unfriendly." When Joe meets someone new, he classifies them into either of these categories. The construct, "likable/friendly" is, for Joe, a(n)  __________ construct.

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A)   concrete
B)   complex
C)   preverbal
D)   permeable

Question 17

According to Kelly, two people can be involved in a social process without either person
understanding the other.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

People consistently apply the same constructs to all situations, unless they are mentally disturbed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Cognitive complexity is desirable for healthy adaptation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to the text, one of Richard Nixon's personal constructs was

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A)   "responsible versus selfish."
B)   "white versus black."
C)   "us versus them."
D)   "male versus female."

Exam 11: Kelly: Personal Construct Theory

One sign of mental disturbance is that the contrast pole of a construct is not logical.

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"Is your teacher happy?" a student is asked. The student replies, "I don't know; I never thought about that." What interpretation from Kelly's theory is appropriate?

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A Role Construct Repertory grid consists of

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Dichotomous constructs are those which have

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The C-P-C Cycle describes the three steps of effective action.

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For a person who believes that miracles continue to happen in the present day, miracles correspond to a permeable construct.

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