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Personality: Humanistic Theory

Personality: Humanistic Theory. By: Mrs. Andrews. Evaluating Psychodynamic. Freud a product of time & place? Women/ status & power? Freud: Inferred sexual abuse rather than actual abuse? Based on retrospective studies. Humanistic Theory.

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Personality: Humanistic Theory

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  1. Personality:Humanistic Theory By: Mrs. Andrews

  2. Evaluating Psychodynamic • Freud a product of time & place? • Women/ status & power? • Freud: Inferred sexual abuse rather than actual abuse? • Based on retrospective studies

  3. Humanistic Theory • We are positively motivated and progress towards higher levels of functioning • Stresses potential for growth and change • Stresses present over the past

  4. Alfred Adler • Classified as a psychoanalyst but is the “father” of humanism

  5. Abraham Maslow • Arranged human motives from primitive, to complex • Higher motives emerge only after more basic ones have been satisfied

  6. Maslow’s Theory Highest motive

  7. Carl Rogers • Everyone is born with innate capabilities or potentials- a genetic blueprint • Goal in life is to fulfill this genetic blueprint – to become the best of what we are capable of becoming • This push towards fulfillment is called actualization tendency

  8. Rogers (continued) • But humans have self images or self-concepts of themselves… • When our self concept is closely matched with our inborn capabilities, we are likely to become a fully functioning person

  9. Rogers (continued) • People tend to become more fully functioning if they are brought up with unconditional positive regard- the experiences of being treated with warmth, respect, acceptance and love

  10. Rogers (continued) • But parents and others adults offer children: conditional positive regard (I’ll love you if…) • Here, children change their self concept to include what you “ought” to be • When people lose sight of their inborn potential, they become constricted, rigid and defensive

  11. Humanistic Theories and Jaylene • Humanistic psych. would focus on: • Jay’s discrepancy between her self concept and inborn capabilities • Unhappiness stems from her inability to be who she really is • Father is the source of positive regard

  12. Criticisms of Humanistic Theory • Difficult to verify scientifically • Too optimistic? • Doesn’t account for narcissism, self-centeredness • Too Western?

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