PERSONALITY AND PERSONAL GROWTH
SEVENTH 2026 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
STUDY PACKAGE
◉ Constructive Alternativism.
Answer: Any event can be interpreted in multiple ways → there is no
single 'objective' meaning, only different constructions of reality.
◉ Personal Constructs.
Answer: Mental categories we use to interpret the world (usually
opposite/dichotomous - safe vs. dangerous, friendly vs. unfriendly
etc.).
◉ Personality.
Answer: Your unique system of constructs; it is not fixed and we can
reconstruct ourselves.
◉ Growth.
Answer: Trying new ways of interpreting the world.
◉ Fundamental postulate.
,Answer: 'A person's processes are psychologically channelized by
the ways in which they anticipate events.'
◉ Kelly's 11 Corollaries.
Answer: Guidelines that elaborate on the fundamental postulate and
how we interpret events.
◉ CPC Cycle.
Answer: Circumspection-Preemption-Control; a process of
interpreting situations.
◉ Circumspection.
Answer: Consider all possible interpretations of a situation.
◉ Preemption.
Answer: Narrow it down to one interpretation (construct).
◉ Control.
Answer: Choose behavior based on that interpretation.
◉ Super ordinate constructs.
Answer: Broad, general beliefs that shape smaller interpretations.
, ◉ Subordinate constructs.
Answer: More specific constructs that stem from super ordinate
constructs.
◉ Cognitive Complexity.
Answer: Many detailed, nuanced constructs; can see multiple
perspectives, leading to better empathy and stress coping.
◉ Cognitive Simplicity.
Answer: Few, rigid constructs; more black and white thinking.
◉ Rogers' theory of personality.
Answer: Includes ideas about the actualizing tendency, organismic
valuing process, and the phenomenological field.
◉ Self Actualizing tendency.
Answer: All humans have an innate drive to grow and improve.
◉ Organismic Valuing Process (OVP).
Answer: Internal system that tells us what is good for us and helps
us grow.
SEVENTH 2026 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
STUDY PACKAGE
◉ Constructive Alternativism.
Answer: Any event can be interpreted in multiple ways → there is no
single 'objective' meaning, only different constructions of reality.
◉ Personal Constructs.
Answer: Mental categories we use to interpret the world (usually
opposite/dichotomous - safe vs. dangerous, friendly vs. unfriendly
etc.).
◉ Personality.
Answer: Your unique system of constructs; it is not fixed and we can
reconstruct ourselves.
◉ Growth.
Answer: Trying new ways of interpreting the world.
◉ Fundamental postulate.
,Answer: 'A person's processes are psychologically channelized by
the ways in which they anticipate events.'
◉ Kelly's 11 Corollaries.
Answer: Guidelines that elaborate on the fundamental postulate and
how we interpret events.
◉ CPC Cycle.
Answer: Circumspection-Preemption-Control; a process of
interpreting situations.
◉ Circumspection.
Answer: Consider all possible interpretations of a situation.
◉ Preemption.
Answer: Narrow it down to one interpretation (construct).
◉ Control.
Answer: Choose behavior based on that interpretation.
◉ Super ordinate constructs.
Answer: Broad, general beliefs that shape smaller interpretations.
, ◉ Subordinate constructs.
Answer: More specific constructs that stem from super ordinate
constructs.
◉ Cognitive Complexity.
Answer: Many detailed, nuanced constructs; can see multiple
perspectives, leading to better empathy and stress coping.
◉ Cognitive Simplicity.
Answer: Few, rigid constructs; more black and white thinking.
◉ Rogers' theory of personality.
Answer: Includes ideas about the actualizing tendency, organismic
valuing process, and the phenomenological field.
◉ Self Actualizing tendency.
Answer: All humans have an innate drive to grow and improve.
◉ Organismic Valuing Process (OVP).
Answer: Internal system that tells us what is good for us and helps
us grow.
