Additional Detailed Lect. Crds Flashcards
Roger’s main focus?
Focuses on NORMACY, NOT ABNORMALITY, high functioning normality
What did Rogers say is the primary difference between human and animals?
Free will and free choice are DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR ***; WHOLE POINT OF HUMAN EXISTENCE IS SELF ACTUALIZATION
What did Rogers define as the locus of evaluation?
Experiences themselves as the locus of evaluation (you are the one evaluates what kind of person you are; not dependent on the evaluation of others)
How is Rogerian theory not nessecarily applicable cross-culturally?
Rogerian and other humanistic perspectives are American or European; all from western cultures that emphasize individualism
In many collectivist culture the idea of self is much less important
Intrinsic motivation means different things for different people
What did Allport say about neuropsychiatric structures and traits?
Traits are neuropsychic structures that are part of a person; traits are more than habits and are rooted in biology
Traits are determined at birth by is shaped by childhood experience, the environment, and the interactions between both concepts (revolutionary for the time^^^)
Why was Eyesneck severely criticized?
Severely critisized for his controversial research on intelligence and race and research linking personality variables and cancer
What trait is highly correlated with IQ?
openness
