We anticipate future events according to our interpretations of recurrent themes.
People have different experiences and therefore construe events in different ways.
We organize our personal contructs in a hierarchical system, with some constructs in a superordinate position and others subordinate to them. This organization allows us to minimize incompatible contructs. We choose the alternative in a dichotomized construct that we see as extending our range of future choices. Constructs are limited to a particular range of convenience, that is, they are not relevant to all situations. We continually revise our personal constructs as the result of experience.