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1
Kelly's college education may have influenced his later writings, which are sprinkled with
A)agricultural references.
B)show business references.
C)biblical references.
D)musical references.
E)classical mythology.
2
Kelly's personal construct theory should be viewed as
A)a metatheory.
B)a psychoanalytic theory.
C)an existential theory.
D)a behavioral theory.
E)a factor analytic theory.
3
Kelly compared a person's attempts to interpret and explain events to those of
A)a scientist.
B)a psychotherapist.
C)an animal.
D)an engineer.
4
Kelly believed that his theory, like all others,
A)is a metatheory.
B)should explain unconscious motivation.
C)is subject to change and revision.
D)should be limited to "normal" behavior.
E)should be based on nomothetic research methods.
5
Kelly's assumption that present interpretations are subject to revision and change is called
A)scientific determinism.
B)constructive alternativism.
C)theoretical empiricism.
D)alternative constructivism.
E)empirical constructivism.
6
Kelly explicitly assumed that
A)the universe exists.
B)all reality is subjective.
C)the universe is beyond human understanding.
D)all people are motivated to rise above their peers.
7
Facts, according to Kelly,
A)are immutable.
B)determine our perceptions.
C)carry meaning for us to discover.
D)are discovered by scientists and disseminated to nonscientists.
E)are discovered by scientists and then disseminated to other scientists.
8
Personal constructs are best defined as
A)subjective opinions held without substantiating evidence.
B)events that are shaped by personal biases.
C)alternative ways of looking at the world.
D)transparent templates or patterns that help people make sense out of the world.
9
All personal constructs, Kelly said, have at least
A)one comparison and one contrast.
B)two comparisons and one contrast.
C)one comparison and two contrasts.
D)two comparisons and two contrasts.
10
Kelly's fundamental postulate assumes that
A)present behavior is guided by past experiences.
B)people guide their actions by the ways they predict the future.
C)all behavior, without exception, is completely determined by and pertinent to one's phenomenal field.
D)personal constructs are convenient for an infinite range of events.





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