Personal Construct Theory of George A. Kelly

George Kelly was an influential psychologist who offered the Personal Construct Theory (1955) to the field of personality psychology. PCT proposed a theoretical perspective of how people make sense of their worlds through the continuous testing and refinement of personal constructs in an effort to achieve a sense of mastery over their environment for the purpose of creating a greater sense of predictability and understanding of themselves and the people and events around them. PCT was also used by Kelly as the bases of personality assessment with the development of the Role Construct Repertory Test and his therapeutic approach to helping individuals with psychological problems understand and modify their maladaptive constructs.