Rogers Flashcards
roger’s psychology
self actualizing theory
roger’s summary
rogers believed that personality is an expression of your sense of self. in health, your true self is congruent, or overlaps with the ideal version of yourself. this sense of self is based on how well we have felt loved and supported, so environmental/social influences are the most important. this is mainly our close interpersonal relationships. in unhealth, there is incongruence, or no overlap between our true and ideal self. the final goal is to be a fully functioning person, which happens when we self actualize and develop congruence
we have a formative tendency
(rogers)
-a desire to move from simple to complex
actualizing
(rogers)
-fulfillment of your potential
-becoming fully yourself
maintenence
(rogers)
-we are not trying to fix everything all at once at all times
-being content in an area
enhancement
(rogers)
something we desire to become better at
organismic valuing process
(rogers)
putting value on a thing in order to make decisions to move towards actualization
-is this thing good for me?
to rogers, pathology is
putting unhealthy things in value
according to rogers, human nature is influenced by
external factors
-family and friendships
-close interpersonal relationships
-our sense of being loved and belonging
according to rogers, human nature is also influenced by
internal factors
-how we make sense of our story
-negative self insight is correlated with self destructive tendencies
a fully functioning person needs
(rogers)
-relationships!
universal persisting needs
(rogers)
-acceptance, approval, loved, viewed positively, unconditional
growth happens with
(rogers)
1. unconditional positive regard
2. congruence
3. empathetic listening
fully functioning people are
(rogers)
1. aware of experiences
2. existencial
3. trusting of themselves
4. free to make their own decisions
5. creative
conditional love creates
(rogers)
incongruence
