WEEK 4
26 October 2022 13:57
4.2 Cognitive Personality Theories
4.3 Humanist Personality Theories
GEORGE KELLY's theories of Personal Constructs and Rep Grids
PERSONAL CONSTRUCT: Abraham Maslow's Self-Actualisation and the hierarchy of needs
- We are all scientists: explore world and free will HUMAN-CENTRED APPROACH
- Personal construct: how view events/people + act according to perception Everyone is capable of change and growth
• Deficiency motives
- Freely change interpretation of events/people - constructive alternativism • Growth motivies
- ACT BASED TO OUR FUTURE AIMS AND GOALS, NOT PAST HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
(But take info from past)
Organizing personal construct theory: Fundamental postulate and 11
corollaries
RARE FIND SELF-ACTUALISED PEOPLE
• Exhibit B-cognition – non-judgemental thought/transient (not constant)
• B-values (truth, justice, richness)
• Peak experiences (Fully present & plateau experiences )
• D-cognition (judgemental and every-day perception of reality
EVALUATION
Decription
• Positive through simple focus on motivation
• No mention genetics
Explanation
• Good overview
Empirical validity
• Chose people (subjectiviely)
Testable concepts
• Hard test peak experiences + self-actualisation
• POI –subscales
Comprehensiveness
• Only focus on positive – not enough detail
Parsimony
• Too simple and concise
Heuristic value
• Focus on healthy – positive psychology
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
We want knowledge
Continue change and reinterpret events and environment
LECTURES Page 1
26 October 2022 13:57
4.2 Cognitive Personality Theories
4.3 Humanist Personality Theories
GEORGE KELLY's theories of Personal Constructs and Rep Grids
PERSONAL CONSTRUCT: Abraham Maslow's Self-Actualisation and the hierarchy of needs
- We are all scientists: explore world and free will HUMAN-CENTRED APPROACH
- Personal construct: how view events/people + act according to perception Everyone is capable of change and growth
• Deficiency motives
- Freely change interpretation of events/people - constructive alternativism • Growth motivies
- ACT BASED TO OUR FUTURE AIMS AND GOALS, NOT PAST HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
(But take info from past)
Organizing personal construct theory: Fundamental postulate and 11
corollaries
RARE FIND SELF-ACTUALISED PEOPLE
• Exhibit B-cognition – non-judgemental thought/transient (not constant)
• B-values (truth, justice, richness)
• Peak experiences (Fully present & plateau experiences )
• D-cognition (judgemental and every-day perception of reality
EVALUATION
Decription
• Positive through simple focus on motivation
• No mention genetics
Explanation
• Good overview
Empirical validity
• Chose people (subjectiviely)
Testable concepts
• Hard test peak experiences + self-actualisation
• POI –subscales
Comprehensiveness
• Only focus on positive – not enough detail
Parsimony
• Too simple and concise
Heuristic value
• Focus on healthy – positive psychology
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
We want knowledge
Continue change and reinterpret events and environment
LECTURES Page 1
