Why Did George Kelly Viewed Life As A Construct?

George Kelly viewed life as a construct, which is a person’s unique way of looking at life through the interpretation and explanation of events. These constructs are what behaviors are based on and how personality are formed. Since constructs can be altered and changed, does it imply that a human’s personality can change according to experiences? Would this continuous change cause humans to be unstable and inconsistent? Does that mean that a person is able to possess all personalities, and not have a dominant personality? Kelly’s dichotomous corollary states that one has to consider two opposite constructs. Is it possible for people to consider both opinions, and not to be judgmental with our one track perception? When we perceived something to be what it is, we are judgmental.
The statement, “Kelly suggested that people perceive and organize their world of experiences the same way scientists do.
. .” was something that puzzled me when I began reading (p. 297). As I continued reading, I began to understand the reasons for Kelly’s suggestion. He treated life as a science experiment, which we perceive life as what we want it to be it. It also seemed like Kelly’s personal construct theory suggests that people live a life through trial and error method. A person formulates a hypothesis about the environment and tests them against reality, if it does not deem fit, the person is free to revise and replace constructs. This implies that life is a guessing game, we choose to perceive a situation in one way, and if we do not like it, we can change our perception. We can continuously change our perception, and personality until we find it
suitable. Although Kelly’s scientific use of constructs allows others to anticipate future events, a question of whether all the corollaries occur at the same time. The choice corollary, in my opinion, determines most of the other corollaries. While reading, I was a little confused with this theory. I was unable to relate to this theory and how people’s personality is affected, but after reading I realized that all the other corollaries implies a personality trait. For example, modulation corollary refers to our adaptability to new circumstances, which is the adaptability trait in other theories. This theory is heavily based on the individual, so what if the individual is not as aware or open, would he or she be able to gain new and different perspective when encountering a circumstance?