Which of the following statements is true about Kelly's life?
a. As a child, Kelly was neglected by his parents.
c. Paucity of funds made Kelly change his specialization from physiological psychology to clinical psychology.
b. Kelly had been preparing for a career in psychology from the time he had enrolled in high school.
d. Kelly's work in psychology was majorly influenced by Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Kelly began his academic career at Fort Hays Kansas State College in the midst of the economic depression of the 1930s. There was no money to conduct research in physiological psychology, the specialty in which he had trained, so he switched to clinical psychology for which there was a need.
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