Psych 370 1st Edition Lecture 17Current LectureHumanism - Focuses on healthy aspects of human experience - Phenomenological approach - Emphasis on the present - Assumption that people are inherently good- Overview – Rogers o Individual Differences – Level of development, conditions of worth o Adjustment – client centered therapeutic technique o Cognition – beliefs about other peoples expectations for uso Society and Culture – person centered approach o Biology – Rogers did not consider biological factorso Development – actualizing tendency and conditions of worth - Actualizing Tendency o Innate force for growth and development o Fundamental process that drives all other motivations o Organismic valuing process A persons inner sense that guides him or her in the direction of growth and health  You are naturally inclined to reach your highest potential and become your best possible self  Every person in intrinsically good  So why do people do bad things or become otherwise dysfunctional - The Self and Development o Much of personality growth involves changes in the self o Real and ideal selves  Incongruence  Conditions of worth  Unconditional positive regard - The Fully Functioning Person o Openness to experience – receptive to the subjective and objective happenings in life o Existential living – a tendency to live fully in each moment These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Organismic trusting – relying on trusting inner experience at each moment to guide behavior o Experiential Freedom – having freedom in each moment to make choices o Creativity – finding new ways of living at each moment - Criticisms o So optimistic may be naïve – potential for evil  What about people who get in touch with the real self and find negative emotions Anger, hostility, etc. o Ignores social forces Is it realistic to ignore feedback from other expectations of others Larger social context – “good” behavior on an individual level (doing’s ones job well) may be bad behavior on a group level (people selling subpar