Kelly viewed human nature as:
a. a genetically determined trait.
b. rational and capable of choice.
c. a behavior determined by childhood events.
d. constructs arranged in a hierarchy of needs.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Kelly's personality theory presents an optimistic, even flattering, image of human nature
(Kelly, 1969). He treated people as rational beings capable of forming a framework of constructs through which to view the world. He believed we are the authors, not the victims, of our destiny.
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