Kelly's personality theory derived from:
a. his experience as a clinician.
b. surveys conducted on factory workers.
c. the study of self-actualized individuals.
d. interpretations of the two-factor theory.
ANS: A
FEEDBACK: The personality theory Kelly offered derived from his experience as a clinician. For several reasons, he interpreted his clinical experience differently from Freud and other theorists who treated patients.
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