PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Formal System, Unconditional Positive Regard, Psychopathology
28 Dec 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
*final exam covers chapters 13, 14, 15 with 21 items from each chapter and 22 lecture items. Carl rogers made many contributions to psychology but his biggest ones: theory of how self evolves, formal system of therapy client centred therapy. Continued to be influential up until his death. One of first psychologists to speak out against freud"s psychoanalytic modality. Referred to the ethical pitfalls associated with psychoanalysis and said that psychoanalysis could actually hurt patient since relationship is completely asymmetrical, with analyst holding all the power. Said only thing psychoanalytic theory did was meet needs of the elitist psychoanalytic community. Rogers grew up with every intention of entering the priesthood and went to. Union religious seminary in new york; became very disenchanted with the priesthood since felt that whatever the higher ranking people said had to be accepted directly. Argued for a true seminar course, where everyone would sit together and discuss religious topics without rank factoring in at all.
