Kelly's Personal Construct Theory States That Personality Can Be Understood

question 19

Multiple Choice

Kelly's personal construct theory states that personality can be understood by:

• A) determining the influence of the unconscious on one's conscious behavior.
• B) the way people organize and interpret their world.
• C) understanding one's need for safety and the anxiety caused by the lack of it.
• D)the passive response to stimuli in our environment.

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Definitions:

Action Potential

A rapid, temporary change in a membrane potential across a cell's membrane, leading to the transmission of nerve impulses.

Spatial Summation

The summing of several postsynaptic potentials resulting when several presynaptic neurons release neurotransmitter simultaneously. Compare with temporal summation.

Presynaptic Neurons

Neurons that send signals to a synaptic gap, initiating neurotransmitter release for neuron-to-neuron communication.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical substances released by neurons to transmit signals across a synapse to another neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.