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The Humanistic Perspective Of Personality

The Humanistic Perspective Of Personality. Unit 5. Humanistic Psychology. In the 1960’s people became sick of Freud’s negativity. Along came psychologists who wanted to focus on “healthy” people and how to help them strive to “be all that they can be”.

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The Humanistic Perspective Of Personality

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  1. The Humanistic PerspectiveOf Personality Unit 5

  2. Humanistic Psychology • In the 1960’s people became sick of Freud’s negativity. • Along came psychologists who wanted to focus on “healthy” people and how to help them strive to “be all that they can be”.

  3. Abraham Maslow’s Self Actualizing Person • Created the Hierarchy of Needs • Ultimately seek self- actualization • the process of fulfilling our potential • Maslow developed his ideas by studying what he termed “healthy people”.

  4. Who did Maslow study?

  5. Self-Actualized People • They are self aware and self accepting -They share certain characteristics: • Open and spontaneous • Loving and caring • Not paralyzed by others’ opinions. • They are secure in who they are.

  6. Self-Actualized People Problem centered rather than self-centered. Focused their energy on a particular task. Few deep relationships, rather than many superficial ones.

  7. Self-Actualization • These are the qualities that make up a mature adult. • These people have found their calling in life.

  8. Table Talk • What are the key characteristics of a self-actualized person? • Name a few other celebrities that you believe have reached self-actualization. • Why them?

  9. Carl Rogers’s Person-Centered Perspective • People are basically GOOD. • We are like Acorns -Need Water, Sun and Nutrients to Grow into a big Oak Tree. We need genuineness, acceptance and empathy for us to mature.

  10. Genuineness • Being open with your own feelings. • Dropping your facade. • Being transparent and self-disclosing.

  11. Acceptance • Unconditional Positive Regard: - An attitude of acceptance regardless of circumstances. - Accepting yourself or others completely.

  12. Empathy • Listening, sharing, understanding and mirroring feelings and reflecting their meanings.

  13. Self-Concept • All of thoughts and feelings about ourselves trying to answer the question…. …WHO AM I?

  14. Self-Concept • Both Rogers and Maslow believed that your self-concept is at the center of your personality. • If our self concept is positive…. - We tend to act and perceive the world positively. • If our self-concept is negative…. - We fall short of our “ideal self” and feel dissatisfied and unhappy

  15. Activity • For each of the following slides pick one of the options and say / write down WHY you choose that option. • Example: If slide has a picture of a beach & a mountain vista which one would you rather go to and why.

  16. Which do you prefer? Mountain vista Beach

  17. Do labels really matter? Yes NO

  18. WHO ARE YOU to others? Real Self Your Ideal Self

  19. HOWS YOUR Self-Esteem? LOW HIGH

  20. Do you like you….really? Genuine No\ Fake

  21. Reflect on your answers to the activity

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