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.
. .” 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