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Q To what extent do you feel arguments, even wars, result because people construe events with different construct systems? Use Kelly's Personal Construct Theory as a basis for answering this question. On the other hand, what does Kelly's theory say about reducing conflict between people?

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Kelly used to think that the life is usually dependent upon the different interpretations of people. People, events and any aspect that requires a response depends on these interpretations. The interpretations are the conclusions drawn about people, events and many more aspects where were according to the fact that what are the expectations from the environment (Loos, & Epstein, 1989). The interpretations are always based on anticipation. There are cases where people seem to have different consequences from the anticipations and the conclusions made from there.