According to Kelly, individuals use personal constructs to:

a. manipulate their subconscious thoughts.
b. release their repressed emotions and experiences.
c. predict and control the events in their lives.
d. assess the behavior of other people.


ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Like scientists, all of us construct theories, which Kelly called personal constructs, by which we try to predict and control the events in our lives. He proposed that the way to understand someone's personality is to examine his or her personal constructs.

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