Which of the following is true of Kelly's approach to psychotherapy?

a. It is called fixed role therapy.
b. It involves changing undesirable constructs.
c. It involves clients acting out the role of a fictitious person.
d. All of these are correct.

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Kelly's fixed role therapy is a psychotherapeutic technique in which clients act out constructs appropriate for a fictitious person. The therapist expects the client to discover that the new constructs in the fixed role sketch work better in anticipating events than do the old constructs by which the client was living.

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