Author Question: Which of the following is true of Kelly's approach to psychotherapy? a. It is called fixed role ... (Read 82 times)

shofmannx20 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Which of the following is true of Kelly's approach to psychotherapy?

a. It is called fixed role therapy.
b. It involves changing undesirable constructs.
c. It involves clients acting out the role of a fictitious person.
d. All of these are correct.

Question 2

George Kelly promoted a form of psychotherapy called _____ therapy.

a. client-centered
c. fixed role
b. group
d. behavior

nanny · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Kelly's fixed role therapy is a psychotherapeutic technique in which clients act out constructs appropriate for a fictitious person. The therapist expects the client to discover that the new constructs in the fixed role sketch work better in anticipating events than do the old constructs by which the client was living.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Kelly promoted a form of psychotherapy he called fixed role therapy. To help clients formulate new constructs and discard old ones, he asked them to write a self-characterization sketch describing them as the lead character in a play.