HUMANISTIC PERSONALITY THEORY

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HUMANISTIC PERSONALITY THEORY
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CARL ROGERS

• CORE TENDENCY
• TENDENCY TO ACTUALIZE ONES INHERENT
  POTENTIALITIES. EXISTS IN ALL LIVING ORGANISMS
  (EVEN PLANTS). HOW?
• HUMANS POSSESS AN ADDITIONAL FORMATTEMPT T0
  ACTUALIZE THE SELF
• CALLED SELF-ACTUALIZATION
• CORE CHARACTERISITCS
• 1. SELF CONSCIOUS SENSE OF WHO AND WHAT YOU
  ARE. AVAILABLE TO AWARENESS. (NOT ALWAYS)

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CARL ROGERS

• EMERGES THROUGH EXPERIENCES WITH LABELS OF I
  AND ME
• PHENOMENOLOGICAL REALITY A PERSONS PRIVATE
  PERCEPTION OF REALITY. A PERSON MAY THINK THAT
  THEY ARE NOT SMART, THIS IS PART TO SELF-CONCEPT
  REGARDLESS OF REALITY.
• 2. NEED FOR POSITIVE REGARD UNVERSAL. NEED
  FOR ACCEPTANCE, LOVE, AND APPROVAL. IMPORTANT
  DURING INFANCY.
• 3. NEED FOR POSITIVE SELF-REGARD ACCEPTANCE
  AND APPROVAL FROM WITHIN. FORMS PART OF
  SELF-CONCEPT.

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CARL ROGERS

• DEVELOPMENT (NO DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES)
• INHERENT POTENTIALITIES ARE GENETICALLY
  DETERMINED.
• SELF-CONCEPT IS SOCIALLY DETERMINED.
• CONDITONAL POSITIVE REGARDAPPROVAL WHEN
  BEHAVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARENTS WISHES.
  ALSO WHEN PARENTS WITHDRAW LOVE IF CHILD
  MISBEHAVES
• CONDITIONS OF WORTH(SUPEREGO) WHEN EXPRESSIN
  DESIRABLE BEHAVIORS, IS WHEN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVES
  THEY ARE WORTHY OF AFFECTION.
• INCONGRUENCESPLIT BETWEEN ORGNAISMIC EXPERIENCE
  AND SELF-CONCEPT.

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CARL ROGERS

• 1. PREVENTS SELF-ACTUALIZATION
• 2. FORMS DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR
• UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARDLOVE AND APPROVAL
  DESPITE BEHAVIOR
• NOT LACK OF RESTRAINT
• ROGERS DID NOT LIKE PUNISHMENT TO CONTROL
  BEHAVIOR
• IF A CHILD RUNS IN FRONT OF A CAR, DONT SPANK
  BUT TELL THE CHILD IT IS WRONG AND DANGEROUS.
• CONGRUENCEFULLING FUNCTIONING PERSON.
  SELF-CONCEPT AND INHERENT POTENTIALITIES ARE IN
  AGREEMENT.

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CARL ROGERS

• TWO TYPES OF PERSONALITY
• 1. FULLY FUNTIONING PERSONIDEAL
• RECEIVED UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD, FEW
  CONDITIONS OF WORTH, SHOWS CONGRUENCE BETWEEN
  SELF AND POTENTIALITIES.
• A. OPEN TO EXPERIENCEEMOTIONAL DEPTH (PLEASURE
  AND PAIN)
• B. EXISTENTIAL LIVINGLIVING EACH AND EVERY
  MOMENT. NOT RIGID. FLEXIBLE, ADAPTABLE, AND
  SPONTANEOUS.
• C. ORGANISMIC TRUSTINGINTUITIVE (ACCEPT
  INFORMATION FROM ALL BASES. EXPERIENCE IS THE
  BEST. FEELS RIGHT AND USUALLY IS.

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CARL ROGERS

• D. EXPERIENTAL FREEDOMCHOOSE AMONG
  ALTERNATIVES.
• E. CREATIVITYNEW AND EFFECTIVE IDEAS AND
  THINGS.
• 2. MALADJUSTED PERSONRECEIVED CONDITIONAL
  POSITIVE REGARD AND HAS DEVELOPED CONDITIONS OF
  WORTH. INCONGRUENCE BETWEEN SELF AND
  POTENTIALITIES.
• A. DEFENSIVE LIVINGNOT EXPERIENCE OPEN
• B. PRECONCEIVED PLAN OF LIVINGPARENTS
• DISREGARDS ORGANISMNOT INTUITIVE
• FEELS MANIPULATEDCAN NOT CHOOSE
• COMMON AND CONFORMING

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HUMANISTIC

• THEORY THAT ASSERTS THE FUNDAMENTAL GOODNESS OF
  PEOPLE AND THEIR STRIVING TOWARD HIGHER LEVELS OF
  FUNCTIONING
• ADLER, MASLOW, AND ROGERS

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CARL ROGERS

• ACTUALIZING TENDENCY
• DRIVE OF EVERY ORGANISM TO FULFILL ITS BIOLOGICAL
  POTENTIAL AND BECOME WHAT IT IS INHERENTLY
  CAPABLE OF BECOMING
• SELF-ACTUALIZING TENDENCY
• DRIVE OF HUMAN BEINGS TO FULFILL THEIR
  SELF-CONCEPTS, OR THE IMAGES THEY HAVE FORMED OF
  THEMSELVES

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CARL ROGERS

• FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON
• AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE SELF-CONCEPT CLOSELY
  RESEMBLES HIS OR HER INBORN CAPACITIES OR
  POTENTIALS
• UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD
• THE FULL ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE OF ANOTHER PERSON
  REGARDLESS OF THAT PERSONS BEHAVIOR
• CONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD
• ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE THAT ARE EXTENDED ONLY WHEN A
  PERSON BEHAVES IN CERTAIN WAYS AND FULFILLS
  CERTAIN CONDITIONS