PSY405
GDB No 1 Solution 2020-Spring Semester-VU-Personality Psychology
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PSY405
GDB No 1 Solution 2020-Spring Semester-VU-Personality Psychology
Total
Marks=10
Topic:
People as Scientists
Closing Date: 26th August 2020
GDB
Discussion Statement
Do you agree with the concept of People as Scientists
presented by George Kelly? Justify with logical statements whether people
develop theories in terms of uncertainty or not?
Important
Instructions
1. Your
discussion must be based on logical facts.
2. Your
comments on the topic should not exceed 200-250
words
3. The
GDB will remain open for 3 working days/72 hours
4. Do
not copy or exchange your answer with other students. Two identical/copied
comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage grade in the course.
5. Obnoxious
or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided.
6. Question/queries
related to the content of the GDB, which may be posted by the students on MDB
or via e-mail, will not be replied till the due date of GDB is over.
Solution
Kelly George's theory of personality has considered
people as scientists in the explanatory context rather than real scientists. The model
he was proposed was based on the analogy of a person as a scientist. In other words,
he has resembled the cognitive thought process of people with procedures adopted
by the scientist to reach about the set goal. I
agree with the concept to some extent. Therefore, here I present the
critical review of this postulate from different aspects.
1.
Human
Behavior and Organizing Knowledge
Kelly’s postulate that human behavior is consistent
with prevailing perceptions that help to organize knowledge but failed to cover
the issues of motivation, developmental influences, and cultural forces that
limit his theory's ability to explain the concept of complexity of personality. On
this criterion, the theory must be
awarded a low rate.
2.Guide
to Action
We also rate the concept with the low grade as failed to
provide “Guide to action”. Meaning that therapeutic practice heavily based on
common sense and varies from patient to patient. This existing disparity
proved the lack of a guide to action.
NNo
Operational Definition of Used Terms
Kelly has used terms in very elegant and precise
ways in explaining his theory. But his theory falls short of describing the operational meaning of these terms.
4.Verification
or falsification
The theory is not a self-explanatory the element of
verification or falsification is not describable by the postulate itself
although the theory has been written with a lot of carefulness.
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