Theories Of Personality Rogers
This flashcard set focuses on Carl Rogers’ Person-Centered Theory, developed from his therapeutic experiences and originally called the nondirective approach, emphasizing empathy, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard in personal growth.
Built his theory on his experiences as a therapist
Carl rogers
Key Terms
Built his theory on his experiences as a therapist
Carl rogers
This approach was formerly known as “nondirective”
Person-centered theory
Tendency for all matter, both organic and inorganic, to evolve from simpler to more complex forms
Formative tendency
Tendency within all humans to move toward completion or fulfillment of potentials
Actualizing tendency
Tendency to resist change and to seek status quo; basic needs
maintenance
2 basic human needs
maintenance an enhancement
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Built his theory on his experiences as a therapist | Carl rogers |
This approach was formerly known as “nondirective” | Person-centered theory |
Tendency for all matter, both organic and inorganic, to evolve from simpler to more complex forms | Formative tendency |
Tendency within all humans to move toward completion or fulfillment of potentials | Actualizing tendency |
Tendency to resist change and to seek status quo; basic needs | maintenance |
2 basic human needs | maintenance an enhancement |
Needs to grow and to realize one’s full human potential | Enhancement |
___ arises when there is a discrepancy between people’s organismic experiences and their view of self. | conflict |
All aspects of one’s being and one’s experiences that are perceived in awareness by the individual | self-concept |
Experienced when basic organismic needs are denied or distorted in favor of needs to be loved or accepted. | incongruence |
3 levels of awareness |
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wide gap between self-concept and ideal self | incongruence |
Symbolic representation of some portion of our experience | awareness |
Awareness: many stimuli but cannot attend all of them | ignored |
awareness: true feelings are hidden | denied |
awareness: consistent with existing self-concept | accurately symbolized |
awareness: experience not consistent with self-concept, thus reshape the experience to assimilate wtih existing view of self | distorted form |
Becoming a person characteristics |
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Feel that they are loved and accepted only when and if they meet the conditions set by others | conditions of worth |
Source of psychological disorders | incongruence between self-concept and organismic experience |
the greater the incongruence, the more vulnerable | vulnerabilty |
State of uneasiness or tension whose cause is unknown | anxiety |
Awareness that our self is no longer whole or congruent | threat |
protection of the self-concept against anxiety and threat by denial or distortion of experiences inconsistent with it | defensiveness |
defensiveness: misinterpret an experience in order to fit into some aspect of self-concept | distortion |
defensiveness: refuse to perceive an experience in awareness | denial |
When incongruence between perceived self and organismic experience is either too obvious or occurs too suddenly to be denied or distorted | disorganization |
Happens when defenses fail and behavior becomes psychotic | disorganization |
Therapist accept and prize their clients w/o any restrictions or reservation | unconditional positive regard |
therapist accurately sense the feelings of their clients and able to communicate perceptions without judgment | empathic listening |
Conditions crucial to client-centered therapy | counselor congruence, unconditional positive regard and empathic listening |
goal of client-centered therapy | clients become more congruent, more open to experience and more realistic |
Psychologically healthy person or fully functioning person | person of tomorrow |
A study conducted by Rogers and his colleagues to investigate both the process and outcomes of his therapy | Chicago studies |
Natural instinct directing us toward the most fulfilling pursuits | organismic valuing process |
Experience of being fully immersed and engaged in an experience to the point of losing track of time and one's sense of self | Flow |