PSYX 385 1st Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last Lecture i. McCrae and Costa: 5 Factor Modelii. Issues Re: the Big 5iii. Five Factors from ‘model’ to ‘theory’Outline of Current LectureI. HumanismII. Humanistic ApproachesIII. Humanistic Psychology: The Third ForceIV. Rogerian HumanismCurrent LectureHumanismHumanistic Approaches-1. General Issuesa. Positivist vs. nonpositivist viewsb. Positivist= objective, the world exists regardless of observersc. Nonpositivist= subjective, world is dependent on observer, world changes with observers viewsd. Phenomenology- each person’s subjective reality is validHumanistic Psychology: The Third Force1. All have worth and potential, no one is inherently unworthya. Core= purposeful, constructive, trustworthy2. Rejects determinism: potential will be achieved given right circumstancea. Human beings= humans becomingThese 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.b. We are free actors…Rogerian Humanism1. Carl Rogers (1902-1987)a. Insight via clinical work with ‘delinquent’ childreni. ‘authorities’ disagreed about BEST treatmentii. psychoanalysis often ineffective and ‘insight’ often led to frustrationb. Theory interwoven with therapeutic approachi. Clients view is central2. Main Ideas:a. Phenomenal self is the core of personalityi. Private world of experience and meaningii. We react to the world as ‘experienced’ not ‘objective’ realityb. Tendency towards growth/fulfillment requires ‘nutritive soil’ (empathy and unconditional love)i. Attempts to show value/gain acceptance frustrates growth3. Personality and its development: Rogersa. Phenomenologyb. Actualizing tendency: drive to ‘maintain and enhance one’s life’c. Approval and the self-concepti. Self-concept develops via experience: Direct and indirect influences1. Direct experience: “I experience” or “I like”2. Indirect via social evaluation: “good boy” “Bad boy”ii. Child’s initial view: self= worthy of love; relation with parents affectioniii. New experiences are naturally incorporated into view of the self1. E.g., hitting baby brother…throwing food2. Parental actions pose threat to developing self concept…a. E.g., scolding for behavior X threatening flgs that one is bad and unloveable3. Admitting satisfaction from X into awareness threatens self wortha. In order to protect self concepti. Denied: subsceptedii. Introjectediv. To be a fully experiencing person1. Accept aspects of self that are threatening2. Trust one’s own emotional experiences independent of others
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