Author Question: If Kelly had worked with schizophrenics in a mental institution during his formative professional ... (Read 58 times)

leo leo · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

If Kelly had worked with schizophrenics in a mental institution during his formative professional years, _____.

a. his theory would not have emphasized the ultimate human goal of self-actualization
b. he would have had his clients discuss their concerns rationally and in intellectual terms
c. he would have used Freud's psychoanalytic therapy to cure mental illnesses
d. his theory might not have depended so heavily on cognitive information-processing abilities

Question 2

Kelly's initial clients were:

a. middle-aged women with severe depression.
b. students who were referred by their teachers for counseling.
c. emotionally disturbed soldiers during World War II.
d. maladjusted patients in a psychiatric ward.

Kdiggy · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Unlike the emotionally maladjusted patients in a psychiatric ward or a psychoanalyst's office, Kelly's clients were much more capable of discussing their concerns rationally, of expressing their problems in intellectual terms, the level of functioning expected in an academic setting. Had circumstances placed Kelly during his formative professional years at work with schizophrenics in a mental institution, his theory might not have depended so heavily on cognitive information-processing abilities.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Kelly's patients were students who had been referred by their teachers for counseling. The people he treated were not severely disturbed psychotics in mental hospitals or neurotics with troublesome emotional problems.