Chapter 6 Flashcards
individuals have an innate tendency towards growth and development
Instinctoid tendencies
basic needs (hunger, safety)
Deficiency
person is totally absorbed with what they’re doing. Task is challenging but not hard. They ar e in control of the situation. Person is so personally involved that they don’t think about themselves. Loss of sense of time.
peak experiences
people who are more in touch with themselves. less likely to use defense mechanisms because they perceive things accurately.
high self-acceptance
Characteristics of self-actualizers
- creativity
- peak experiences
- high self acceptance
- high ethical and moral standards
those who love you for who you are and there are no conditions on that love
accepting people for who they are and valuing them.
unselfish love (rare)
unconditional positive regard
focuses on power of person to change their own lives
client centered therapy
innate positive drive to develop and reach potential
self-actualization
dynamic that leads us through society.
conditions of worth
how we think other people view us
discrepancy between ourselves and how we view outselves.
self-concept
the person we are capable of becoming
real organismic self (the self)
idea that even as children, we world towards self-actualization. This is the idea that children know innately that is good and bad for them.
Organismic valuing
