PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

SOCIAL THEORY

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The Personal Construct Theory says we all try to make sense of our world by
A
Generating, testing, and revising hypotheses about our social reality
B
Our history of reinforcement shapes our behavior, which is our personality
C
The realization of our true intellectual and emotional potential
D
The powerful and influential system of the psyche that contains universal memories and ideas that all people have inherited
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kelly proposed that individuals can be psychologically evaluated according to similarity–dissimilarity poles, which he called personal constructs (schemas, or ways of seeing the world). The theory is considered by some psychologists as forerunner to theories of cognitive therapy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Educational Research Methods. Personal construct theory (PCT) offers a theoretical perspective (’constructive alternativism’) on the way people make sense of their experiences/worlds, based on the ideas that people construe the world through a system of personal constructs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Personal construct theory (PCT) is the invention of an American psychologist, George A. Kelly (1905–1967). Presented in 1955 in a work in two volumes, The Psychology of Personal Constructs, PCT is a theory of personality mainly devoted to clinical diagnosis and psychotherapy.

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