PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Abraham Maslow, Road Rage, Peak Experience
12 Jun 2018
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Carl Rogers' Theory
Abraham Maslow's Theory
CARL ROGERS' THEORY
E.g. a little weed growing through the crack --> 'it wants to be the best it can be!'
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Same with humans
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Built-in motivation to develop its potentials to the fullest extent possible
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Actualizing tendency
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E.g. we would choose to eat healthy food if we didn't have tempting Maccas
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We would steer towards good choices
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Subconscious guide that attracts people to growth-producing experiences and away from growth-inhibiting
experiences
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Organismic valuing process
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Behaviourists or Freudians would not care about this
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Experiencing love, affection, attention, nurturance, etc.
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Positive regard
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Self-esteem, self-worth, a positive self-image
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A novel idea at the time
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E.g. when your parents let you know that they love you no matter what
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Achieved through parental unconditional positive regard
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Positive self-regard
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Only a good person if you do what society tells you
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This graph depicts how it all goes wrong
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Rogers believes that culture is the root of evil
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E.g. we want to be the best we can be but according to society, it skewers our goals --> we want to be cool,
but we need to meet it and so we are stuck with the incongruence between actualization and society's needs
which make us stuck in the middle
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Conditional positive regard
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Elements of Rogers' theory of Personality
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Perceptive to the objective and subjective happenings of life
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Expanded consciousness
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Able to tolerate ambiguity
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Openness to experience
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e.g. doing what feels right in each moment
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But the humanist critique this --> because if we like to do what we want in the moment, what happens if
we engage in 'road rage'?
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Living fully in each moment (e.g. mindfulness)
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Existential living
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Rogers' 'fully functioning person' criteria
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Document Summary
Built-in motivation to develop its potentials to the fullest extent possible. E. g. a little weed growing through the crack --> "it wants to be the best it can be!" Subconscious guide that attracts people to growth-producing experiences and away from growth-inhibiting experiences. E. g. we would choose to eat healthy food if we didn"t have tempting maccas. Behaviourists or freudians would not care about this. E. g. when your parents let you know that they love you no matter what. Only a good person if you do what society tells you. This graph depicts how it all goes wrong. Rogers believes that culture is the root of evil. Perceptive to the objective and subjective happenings of life. Living fully in each moment (e. g. mindfulness) e. g. doing what feels right in each moment. This is not rogers" fault as we also have an actualizing tendency to avoid doing things that don"t make us feel good.
