REACTION PAPER ON GEORGE KELLY AND ALBERT ELLIS’ THEORIES
GEORGE KELLY
In George Kelly’s theory, he stated the “man-the-scientist” perspective wherein people try to make a hypothesis about a certain thing. I agree on his theory because whenever we experience kinds of “first time”, we automatically attach our hypothesis and eventually detach it whenever we discover something else. Like for example, you meet someone for the first time, you actually don’t know everything about him but you seem to observe that he’s quiet. So, you try to predict that he’s shy. Then, the next time you see him, he’s been so noisy with his friends. So, you could already detach the first impression and change it with the next one which is he’s bubbly; until you come up with what behavior that person really possesses. We tend to make predictions and later on, realize that we either made a correct prediction or grasped the wrong information made by our imaginative minds. J
ALBERT ELLIS
Albert Ellis thinks that whenever we expect things always to go on smoothly and fall to where we want them to land, we end up being disappointed and frustrated whenever it goes the other way around. Yes, I agree on this. We should not put too much expectation on certain things because in the end, whatever the result may be, we either smile or shed a tear. But somehow, we can’t avoid putting expectations on something, especially when you know that you did your best to achieve what you wanted to get. For example, you studied hard for an exam and all of a sudden, your teacher failed you just because you didn’t copy the questions on the board even although you got the highest score. So, in response to the decision of your teacher, you get very disappointed. I don’t think the irrational belief of Albert Ellis is applicable for this situation. Sometimes, we get disappointed or emotionally troubled for both rational and irrational
In George Kelly’s theory, he stated the “man-the-scientist” perspective wherein people try to make a hypothesis about a certain thing. I agree on his theory because whenever we experience kinds of “first time”, we automatically attach our hypothesis and eventually detach it whenever we discover something else. Like for example, you meet someone for the first time, you actually don’t know everything about him but you seem to observe that he’s quiet. So, you try to predict that he’s shy. Then, the next time you see him, he’s been so noisy with his friends. So, you could already detach the first impression and change it with the next one which is he’s bubbly; until you come up with what behavior that person really possesses. We tend to make predictions and later on, realize that we either made a correct prediction or grasped the wrong information made by our imaginative minds. J
ALBERT ELLIS
Albert Ellis thinks that whenever we expect things always to go on smoothly and fall to where we want them to land, we end up being disappointed and frustrated whenever it goes the other way around. Yes, I agree on this. We should not put too much expectation on certain things because in the end, whatever the result may be, we either smile or shed a tear. But somehow, we can’t avoid putting expectations on something, especially when you know that you did your best to achieve what you wanted to get. For example, you studied hard for an exam and all of a sudden, your teacher failed you just because you didn’t copy the questions on the board even although you got the highest score. So, in response to the decision of your teacher, you get very disappointed. I don’t think the irrational belief of Albert Ellis is applicable for this situation. Sometimes, we get disappointed or emotionally troubled for both rational and irrational