Date of Award
8-1977
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
C. Raymond Millimet
Abstract
A view of the person as an individual striving to anticipate, understand, and control his environment was put forth by Kelly (1955) in his Psychology of Personal Constructs, Kelly states that the person looks at the world through "patterns or templates which he creates and then attempts to fit over the realities of which the world is composed" (p. 9). These templates or patterns are termed constructs, and result from the person’s ability to distinguish differences and similarities in the world about him and generalize them to other instances. Constructs are used to predict events and to assess the validity of the forecasts. Because of this constant prediction and assessment of prediction, construct systems are subject to revision and change through time, as predictions are either proved accurate or in error by events.
Recommended Citation
Mullins, Margaret R., "The Relationship of Verbal Abilities to Cognitive Complexity" (1977). Student Work. 71.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/71
Comments
A Thesis Presented to the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha.