Humanistic Perspective : Carl

Rogers

CHAPTER 8

DR. NORSUHAILY ABU BAKAR 1

 Rogers believed that we are motivated
by a tendency to actualize, maintain &
enhance the self
 Encompasses all physiological &
psychological needs
 Actualization tendency – human growth

DR. NORSUHAILY ABU BAKAR 2

 Organismic valuing process
 We judge experiences in terms of
their value for fostering/hindering
our actualization & growth
 The reality of environment is how
we perceive it

P.M.DR.AZLINA ABU BAKAR 3

 Development of the self in
childhood
 Positive regard
 Acceptance, love & approval from
others
 Unconditional positive regard
 Approval regardless of a person’s
behavior

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 Positive self regard
 We grant ourselves acceptance &
approval
 Conditions of worth
 A belief that we are worthy of approval
& acceptance only when we express
desirable behaviors & attitudes 7
refrain from expressing behavior that
bring disapproval from others
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 Anxiety
 Incongruence
 Develop between self concept & aspects of
our experiential world

 Fully functioning
 Emotionally healthy persons
 Feel a sense of freedom to make choices
 Creative & live adaptively

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