personal construct

1. Kelly’s theory
of Personal
Construct
1. Biography Of John Alexander Kelly;
2. Personal constructs;
3. Properties of constructs;
4. The types of constructs;
5. Classification of constructs

2. Biography of Kelly
George Alexander Kelly (April 28, 1905 — March 6,
1967) is an American psychologist, author of the theory
of personal constructs. A few years before the Second
world war he organized a psychological program of
mobile clinics served as a base for practice of
students. After the war, during which he worked as an
aviation psychologist, Kelly has held the post of
Professor and head of the program in clinical
psychology at Ohio State University

3. Personal Construct
• Based on the cognitive theory of John. Kelly is the way
by which individuals perceive and interpretiruya
phenomena (or people) in their environment. Calling his
theory the theory of personal constructs.
• The Kelly system key theoretical construct is the term
construct. Construct is a concept, introduced a
hypothetical (theoretical) or created about observed
events or objects. The theory of personal constructs –
cognitive theory of personality developed in 50-ies.
• Personal construct is an idea, the idea that a person
uses to understand or to interpret, explain, predict your
experience.
• The goal of the theory of personal construct to explain
how people interpretiruya and predict your life
experience from the point of view of similarities and
differences.

4. Personal Construct
• A key concept of the Theory of personal constructs that
constitute the core of personality is the concept of
"personal construct" is an abstraction or generalization
from previous experience, generated by the identity of
the classification and evaluation model and check it on
your own experience. The personality Theory of personal
constructs is an organized system of more or less
important constructs.
• Personal constructs are bipolar and dichotomous (e.g.
good-bad).Two opposite poles: emergent (similarity pole
of the construct elements);the implicit (contrast pole).

5. Properties of constructs
o the range of applicability includes all events in which the
construct is relevant(important) or applicable. For example,
the construct of "good — bad" has a wide range of
applicability, as it involves many situations requiring personal
evaluation.
o the focus of applicability refers to the phenomena within the
range of applicability to which the construct is most
applicable. For example, the construct of "honest —
dishonest" one person is the focus of applicability that should
keep your hands off other people's money and property. And
the other person can use the same construct to political
events.
o Permeability — impermeability. Permeable construct allows in
its range of applicability, the elements have not yet construed
within its borders. It is open to explanations of new
phenomena. On the other hand, impermeable construct,
encompassing phenomenon, which constitute its initial basis
remains closed for interpreting new experience

6. The types of constructs
• Pre-emptive construct. The construct that standardizare ("prevents")
the elements to ensure that they were solely in his range. This type
of classification construct; that are in the same classification that is
excluded from the other. An example of a pre-emptive construct can
be an ethnic label. For example, if people identified as "Mexican",
then it would be to think just as Mexican and nothing else.
• Constellatory construct. Elements may belong to other areas, but
they are constant in the composition of their areas. That is, if the
phenomenon applies to some categories of one construct, other
characteristics fixed. Template thinking illustrates this type of
construct. Example constellating thinking: "If this man is a car
salesman, he's probably dishonest, shifty and good with the client".
• Assuming the construct is a construct that leaves its elements open
to alternative designs. This type of construct directly the opposite of
proactive and constellatory constructs, as it allows a person to be
open to new experiences and adopt an alternative point of view on
the world. The individual is open to new experience and could
change the existing constructs.

7. Classification of
constructs
 Comprehensive constructs that include a relatively wide range
of phenomena;
 Private constructs, which include a small range of phenomena
(that is, having a narrower range of possibilities;
 The main constructs that regulate primary human activity;
 Peripheral constructs that can be changed without changing
significantly the basic structure;
 Hard constructs, that is, giving an unchanged forecast;
 Loose constructs that allow you to make different predictions
under similar conditions.

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Zhaketova Kamila
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