What does Kelly mean by a permeable construct? What does the experience corollary mean? What does the modulation corollary mean? Are Carlos’s and Maria’s constructs permeable? Give an example of the experience and modulation corollaries.
What will be an ideal response?
A permeable construct is one that can change. The experience corollary suggests that we change our constructs as we encounter experiences that do not fit our constructs. The modulation corollary means the more permeable a construct is, the more likely it is to change. Carlos and Maria’s constructs are permeable because they change their ideas about what parenting is, e.g., from fun to work or from doing more to doing less. This demonstrates both the experience and modulation corollaries.
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