A Theory of Personality: The Psychology of Personal Constructs (Norton Library (Paperback))

This is one of the truly great psychological theories. If you look at major world view theories, it is the last one.I studied it under a student of Kelly's. He didn't like me, but I learned a great deal. This book is one of the most useful books you will ever read.

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Extremely scientific approach.Concrete, euclidean presentation of original ideas.A basis for enriching the psychotherapeutic practice of any background.

It's a good book, but the same basic idea is repeated over and over again.I think that it would have been a better paper than book.

Great book, even when it's not the most popular of theories, every psychologist or psychology student should at least check it out.

WoooWee that's some heavy reading. Short book. Probably good for a grad student needing sources for a paper.

Yes, I must admit it, I am a bit biased. George Kelly is my intellectual great-grandfather. That is, I trace my intellectual heritage through my mentor, Brent D. Slife, through his mentor, Joseph F. Rychlak, to his mentor, George A. Kelly. As such, I am quite biased in this review of Kelly's book on Personal Construct Psychology. That being said, I still believe that this is an excellent book. Kelly provides a wonderfully divergent perspective on personality from the more Lockean perspectives that have prevailed in psychological theorizing. Kelly is quite thoughtful and presents a very thorough, well conceived theory that attempts to address, in a rationalistic, telic perspective the personality of human beings. Still, as a truly new theory, Kelly introduces new terms that may be difficult for some to understand initially. Furthermore, as a new theory, which reintroduces final causal theorizing, which conceives of humans as being determined by their goals, purposes, and ends (instead of linear, deterministic theorizing that conceives of humans as determined by their past), while refreshing and, from my perspective, essential for psychology, it may be difficulty to integrate this theory into their already generated linear conceptualizations. I recommend you read this with an open mind and attempt to think more freely from this divergent perspective offered by Kelly.

This is a groundbreaking and seminal book. George A. Kelly's theory of personality is a timeless read and one of my favourite books. Succinct, integral and enlightening. This read will change the way you understand your world. Brilliant.

Very good books on how humans construct their world views - about 90% accurate. The therapy model advocated is however a delusional construct. Which is ironic.

There may be very good grounds to believe this to be an original perspective on human psychology.It may deal effectively with the Subject/Object problem?

It was recommend to me by a philosophy studentIt's good, short, eloquent with good introduction.To any student specially psychology, sociology, philosophy, theology etc

Muy bien! Está como nueva.