, PSY 2403 1st Edition Lecture 16Outline of Last LectureI. Development of PsychopathologyII. PsychotherapyIII. Mischel – Delay of GratificationIV. CritiqueV. Concept of HumanityOutline of Current Lecture I. Personal Construct TheoryII. George Kelly Background III. Classification of TheoryIV. Philosophical Position V. Personal ConstructsVI. Construct System – Personality Current LectureI. Personal Construct Theorya. Personality is product of the way you thinkb. Personal construct – the way you think/idea about something (person, book, chair, etc)i. Personality is product of constructsc. When we confront things in our lives, may have not seen it before (pen) but you’ve seen and had experiences with similar thingsi. Use template of previous experiences and constructs, and applying to unknown objectii. Pen example1. Pick up pen, use template of pen, it doesn’t work, use template/construct of recorder, may workII. George Kelly Backgrounda. Dad was minister, got sick, needed something different, got covered wagon, and moved them across country to farmi. Gets land, no way to irrigate it, dad looked at family and calmly said they needed to move back, Kelly said this opened his eyes and realized his These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.dads vision and realize his father was able to find a solution in any situation. ii. His father had situation, didn’t work, so he rethought and came up with new way of solvingb. View on previous approaches:i. S > R radical behaviorism: hated it, didn’t use thinkingii. Psychoanalysis: didn’t like it either c. Realized that with problem kids, it wasn’t the kid who was the problem, it was the perception the teacher or parent had on the kidd. Change teacher and parent thinking of kid to solve probleme. Observationsi. Radical explanations1. Logic or correctness irrelevantii. Teacher discussing student1. Perception issueIII. Classification of Theory a. Cognitive i. Views (subjective) and thoughts about realityii. Our own personal reality b. Phenomenological i. Intact conscious experienceii. Focus on now for futureiii. Not in past c. Existential i. Present and futureii. Control destiny/teleologicald. Humanistici. Stresses human creativity and capacity for improvement ii. Can get better by taking step back, taking a look, and going at something differently IV. Philosophical Position a. Basic (fundamental) postulate – root of all of his theory i. We all function and work as scientists (people as scientist) ii. You work with template, not work, stop and think, apply another template (like another hypothesis)b. Constructsi. Coffee table1. Construe that it is coffee table as a place to put coffee or food on it, kinda like bench where feet could be put on,2. Flexible coffee table construct 3. However some people have constructs of coffee table that are rigid, no standing, or sitting, etc 4. People who have all rigid constructs may be neurotic V. Personal Constructsa. Tool used to anticipate futurei. Construct of coffee table will predict how you would use itb. Interpret, explain, give meaning, predict c. Template – when interpreting experience i. Try on for size, fits – great, if not – step back and use anotherd. Mini- scientific theory i. Make predictions VI. Construct System – Personality a. If you think one way about someone and then something changes that – personality changesb. Collection of constructsc. Importance of corresponding to reality i. Depends 1. Might matter – don’t want to get fired 2. But if its working for you, keep doing it, it feels good d.