, PSY 2403 1st Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last LectureI. Personal Construct TheoryII. George Kelly Background III. Classification of TheoryIV. Philosophical Position V. Personal ConstructsVI. Construct System – Personality Outline of Current Lecture I. Constructive AlternativismII. Supporting CorollariesIII. Examples of CorollariesIV. CPC Cycle for Novel Situations V. Creativity Cycle for New SolutionsVI. Traditional Concepts – RevisitedCurrent LectureI. Constructive Alternativism a. Flexible or rigid – personal choice b. Reduce uncertainty – any way you want c. Freedom and determinism i. Optimistic (can change)ii. But once construct something – determines things II. Supporting Corollariesa. Friends have similar constructs, i. Friendly can mean nice or promiscuousii. For every construct, there are two poles (friendly, unfriendly) b. Based of fundamental postulatec. 11 corollariesIII. Examples of Corollaries a. Constructioni. Form constructs on past experiences and expectancies 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.ii. If I set my alarm clock, I expect it to go off in the morning (always has) iii. I expect that if I construe someone as nice and they are nice to me, it’s good to be nice back b. Individuality i. Everyone has their own way of construing ii. Everything is in the eye of the beholder iii. Everyone has different past experiencesc. Organization i. Friendly is superordinate, kind , social fall under umbrella of friendly/subordinate ii. Critical (for things like communicating )iii. You need to meet him, has great personality, people interpret that differently d. Modulationi. Concepts like friendliness, good and great personality, can apply to many different things 1. Can have good friends, grades, family, job, etc ii. Permeability iii. Fluorescent is not permeable1. Lights are, what elsee. Commonality i. Often people who belong to cultures and subcultures construe similar wayii. Friends, family, clubs, sorority iii. How much we have in common deals with how much you have in common with construingf. Sociality i. Has to do with peoples rolesii. Understand how someone else construes somethingiii. Walk a mile in the others shoesiv. Nothing about similarities v. Allows you to get in someone’s heads and play certain roles IV. CPC Cycle for Novel Situations – previous constructsa. Circumspection/consideration phase i. Mill through constructs (for best interpretation)1. Considering phaseii. Girl smiling, must be happy, having a good day, etcb. Preemption phasei. Choose best construct1. Can’t ponder foreverii. I think she’s having a good day I’m going to ask her about itc. Control phase i. Relevant pole ii. I think she is friendly, some people aren’td. Experience will validate or invalidate predictioni. Actually unfriendlyV. Creativity Cycle for New Solutions – new constructsa. When previous constructs don’t workb. Loosened construction phasei. Brainstormingii. Cognitive experimentationiii. Preposterous ideas1. The crazier the bestiv. Open doors to big box of bananas – what can you do1. Give them to friends 2. Turn into ornaments and paint them, give as presentc. Tightened construction phase i. Discovery of idea – experimentation must stop!ii. Pick idea (ornaments)d. Test phasei. Validated? If not, creativity cycle revisitedii. Knocking on neighbors doors after, no one answer, mad, idea did not work VI. Traditional Concepts – Revisiteda. Motivation i. Normally push (drive, motive, stimulus) or pull (value, purpose, need)ii. Kelly believes we are just born motivated (that simple)b. Anxietyi. Predictive efficiency important 1. Poor efficiency – anxiety ii. Kelly says anxiety is when you get the template wrong iii. You like someone in high school, do something to surprise them because they think they will like that, but they hate it, construed wrong – little anxietyiv. High anxiety when way off and issue importantv. Hope it leads to learning vi. Sign of failed Construction system or just one construct c. Hostility (not give up ineffective CS) i. Refuse to give up constructii. Don’t sit next to her, shes not nice – person sits next to her and says she isnice and sweet – oh well sit there again, watch what happens, going to show you shes not nice, you wait1. Refusing to give up construct of her being mean iii. Extorting validational evidence for a prediction proven false iv. Refusing to accept (Anxiety)v. Just as hostile if someone says someone else is nice, but she isn’t, go sit next to her 1. Know she isn’t nice, still tell her to sit next to hervi. Opposite of aggression d. Aggression (expand to ever increasing range)i. Extending rather than defining CS (See choice corollary) ii. 1 experience with one member of one sorority – bad experience1. you need to stay away from greek people – all horrible iii. different than if you have group of people that label themselves one way1. KKK is prejudice, be careful – but that group defines self as that, sonot aggression iv. Bad experience with 1 guy, all guys are jerks v. Opposite of hostility vi. Adventure rather than security1. Adventurous (daring) with constructs vii. Just as aggressive if had good experience with 1 greek and come back andsay they are all nice1. Not truee. Guilt – dislodged from core role structurei. Loving – unlovingii. Not “right or wrong” iii. Marriage1. Beat you up four times, still go back, do everything to keep it together2. Construct of marriage just not working iv. Someone has cheated, both the cheater and victim feel bad1. No surprise cheater feels bad2. Victim feels bad because been committedf. Threat i. Core structures (makes sense of life) not validated (and/or imminent change probable)ii. Can be caused by positive eventsiii. Threatening if fired from 10 year jobiv. Good student do well for PHD and gets great job1. Two weeks before leave, feel threatened, ive made people think I can do this, but I cant v. New baby vi. Cold feet syndrome right before you get marriedg. Fear i. Similar to threat but less severeii. Experience when it isn’t huge event or core structureiii. Something littleiv. Neighbor has dog named dutch, barks a lot, goes outside and calls him and wave on fence, normally okay1. Today, you do the same thing but he is aggressive v. Peripheral 1. Friendly dog – growlsh. Learning i. Altering CS for better