Author Question: Using Kelly's framework, how does a counselor discover a clients constructs? a. The counselor ... (Read 101 times)

Engineer · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Using Kelly's framework, how does a counselor discover a clients constructs?

a. The counselor reads notes written by the previous counselor.
b. The client will directly tell the counselor.
c. The counselor must be a detective and figure them out.
d. The counselor follows the dictates of his or her theoretical orientation. For instance, a Freudian therapist would assume that all of the clients problems relate to sexual repression and inadequacy in suppressing id.
e. The counselor identifies constructs by a combination of interviewing, listening to what the client says, and skilled observation of things like body language and behaviors.

Question 2

In Kelly's personality theory, what are constructs?

a. Standards for behavior that emerged from Kellys research.
b. Questions that the counselor asks the client in the first interview.
c. An individuals symbolic system for making sense of ourselves and the world around us.
d. An exact representation of a clients reality.
e. Subcategories used in the DSM IV.