PSYC 2130 Lecture 11: Chapter 5 notes
22 Dec 2018
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Phenomenal field the space of perceptions that makes up our experience is a subjective construction. Yet our seeing is not an objective recording of the world of reality but a subjective construction that reflects our personal need. Because we need the approval of others, we tell ourselves that their desires and values are our own. The final key aspect of rogers"s view of persons is his conception of human motivation. Rogers did recognize that people can, and often do, act in ways that are destructive and evil. When we are functioning freely, we are able to move toward our potential as positive, mature beings. Rogers takes a phenomenological approach to the study of persons. a phenomenological approach is one that investigates people"s conscious experiences: one is interested in the experiences of the observer: how the person experiences the world. Rogers, then, was an important voice in promoting the psychological study of phenomenology.
