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Which of the following statements best describes a construct?
 
  a. It is a unipolar element of one's personality causing extremities in behavior.
  b. It is a collection of one's subconscious thoughts and repressed emotions.
  c. It is an image of a universal experience contained in the collective unconscious.
  d. It is an intellectual hypotheses to explain or interpret life events.

Question 2

A person formulates hypotheses about the environment and tests them against:
 
  a. established psychological theories.
  c. the reality of daily life.
  b. the archetypes in collective unconscious.
  d. unconscious fears and desires.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: A construct is a person's unique way of looking at life, an intellectual hypothesis devised to explain or interpret events. We behave in accordance with the expectation that our constructs will predict and explain the reality of our world.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Kelly suggested that people perceive and organize their world of experiences the same way scientists do, by formulating hypotheses about the environment and testing them against the reality of daily life. In other words, we observe the events of our lifethe facts or data of our experienceand interpret them in our own way.





 

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