Psych 150 Final Exam (Chapters 11)

Front 1

Constructive Alternativism

Back 1

the idea of looking at the world through the lenses of different theories. (i.e. people perceive their environment in different ways)

Front 2

Construct System

Back 2

developing a system of contructs to anticipate events and understand them

Front 3

Core vs peripheral

Back 3

Core contructs are the most basic constructs and cannot be altered without serious consequences to the construct system

Peripheral constructs are not basic and can be altered without serious consequences

Front 4

Submerged Contrast Pole

Back 4

Constructs that you are unable to verbalize due to lack of vocab

Front 5

Levels of Constructs

Back 5

Broad: Superordinate (ie fruit)

Less Broad: Basic (ie apple)

Least Broad/Specific): Subordinate (ie Granny Smith)

Front 6

Range of Convenience

Back 6

Events or phenomena covered by a construct

Front 7

3 theories of motivation

Back 7

Push THeory (psychodynamic, trait) internal drive, motives, that push the person forward

Pull Theory (Behaviorists) motivated by external rewards, punishments

Jackass Theory (Kelly, Social Cog) Organism is always cognitively active and processing info

Front 8

Anxiety and Threat

Back 8

Anxiety: recog that an event is ou of the range of convenience, does not fit construct system

Threat: awareness of imment comprehensive change in core constructs

Front 9

Fixed Role Therapy

Back 9

Kelly's therapeutic technique to create new constructs

Front 10

3 conditions for FRT

Back 10

1) Create an atmosphere of experiementation
ie try out new constructs

2) Provide new "elements"
ie therapist = new person to construe

3) Provide validational data
ie feedback on whether constructs work

Front 11

Incremental and Entity

Back 11

Incremental (Change) vs Entity (Fixed)