PSY 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Belongingness, Human Nature, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
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Lower needs must be satisfied before we can proceed to higher needs. Need hierarchy emerges during development, with lower needs emerging earlier in life than higher needs: needs: Self-actualization i. ii. iii. iv. v. i: characteristics of self-actualizing persons: 15 characteristics, including: Spontaneous, problem centered, affinity for solitude, democratic values, and creativity: rogers" contributions, focused on ways to foster and attain self-actualization, fully functioning person i. Therapist must express unconditional positive regard for the client. Empathic understanding - client must feel that the therapist understands him or her: differences in perception, priming antecedent to a behavior ( no is antecedent to a child"s tantrum) i. Activation of concepts: events, memories, emotions ii. Subconscious action that comes from somewhere that creates unconscious/subconscious behaviors: positive and negative effects on your own life and those around you, chronic accessibility, when priming doesn"t fade ii.