Biography of psychologist Kelly

Then he was appointed to the position of assistant professor at the University of Maryland. In the post -war years, there was a need for specialists in clinical psychology, since the soldiers who returned from the war had various problems in this area. The issue was resolved at the state level, Kelly was on the "crest of the wave". Kelly was appointed professor and director of the department of clinical psychology at the State University of Ohio.

The finalized version of his work edited by the mayor of Brendan went out in the year. Kelly was an outstanding scientist of his time, a talented teacher, gave lectures not only in his homeland, but also abroad, at the same time led two units of American clinical psychology: clinical and advisory. The main works in the field of psychology were printed in the 30s of the twentieth century, concerned the problems of communication, practical psychology.

Later he plunged into the problems of personality psychology and worked in this direction since the end of the 30s. The scientific opinion that existed at that time was contrary to the views of a young scientist, so Kelly created his own theory and method for personality research - the method of repertoire bars. In G, a two -volume work "Psychology of Personal Designers" was published.

It was a breakthrough in psychology, since the old theories of behaviorist and neobichiworist were untenable. The remark 1 is the essence of his idea in the fact that each person is a researcher, and not the subject subordinate to instincts and external influences, who, on the basis of his previous experience, the personality-designer creates a picture of the world, a picture of the relationship of people and their behavior, traces causal events, regulates behavior, determines values, forms the image of the “I”, plans to occur in the future.

If the forecast of events or behavior of people is not confirmed, then the designer is changed or replaced by another. The personality, in his opinion, consists of the sum of the designers, in order to understand it, it is necessary to consider the system of these designers. Its main works: study of the ways of spending free time among Kansas Citig workers; Work on the problems of forecasting success in teaching; The study of general factors in speech disorders and reading; The method of repertoire grilles - the 30s of the twentieth century; Psychology of personal designers - G.

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