The idea that a new construct and an old one may be consistent in one situation and inconsistent in another situation is the:
a. congruence corollary.
c. successive modulation corollary.
b. fragmentation corollary.
d. situational corollary.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: The fragmentation corollary states that a new construct may be compatible or consistent with an old one in a given situation, but if the situation changes, these constructs can become inconsistent. Kelly believed that within our construct system some constructs might be incompatible even though they coexist within the overall pattern.
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