GEORGE KELLY AND HIS PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY. CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVISM AND THE NATURE OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS
GEORGE KELLY AND HIS PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY. CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVISM AND THE NATURE OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS

Summary/Abstract: This paper, based upon a precise analysis of cognitive theories, and especially on Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory, explores meaningful aspects related to personality. His two-volume magnum entitled The Psychology of Personal Constructs appeared in 1955, and consists of a distinguished collection of tightly packed ideas about an innovative theory of personality and its usage in a clinical setting. The first volume, A Theory of Personality, comprises three major chapters. The first chapter is entitled Constructive Alternativism. The term is considered the central philosophical assumption which supports Personal Construct Theory. However, not only Kelly’s theory, but all psychologists’ theories represent just another interpretation of the universe. Chapter Three is entitled The Nature of Personal Constructs and it draws the readers’ attention to a vivid elaboration of the theory, whose intention is to bring everything to life. George Alexander Kelly unquestionably belongs to the category of giants within the area of psychology, but, even so, he has not received the attention he deserves.

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