CARL ROGERS: PERSON-CENTERED THEORY Flashcards
ability to change and improve personality is centered within the person
Person-Centered Therapy
the inborn tendency to actualize, develop our abilities and potentials to the fullest
Fully Functioning Person
“how can I help this person grow and develop”
Client-Centered Theory
2 broad assumptions of Person-Centered Theory
Formative Tendency
Actualizing Tendency
a tendency for all matter to evolve from simpler to more complex forms
Formative Tendency
the tendency within all humans to move toward completion or fulfillment of potential
Actualizing Tendency
the need to become more, to develop, and to achieve growth
Enhancement
subset of actualization tendency
Self-Actualization
organismic experiences of the individual
whole person
Actualization Tendency
tendency to actualize the self as perceived in awareness
Self-Actualization
two self-subsystems
Self-Concept
Ideal Self
real self
includes everything about us
Organismic Self
the symbolic representation of some portion of our experience
Awareness
a need to be loved, liked, or accepted by another person
Positive Regard
experience of prizing or valuing one’s self
Positive Self-Regard
Barriers to Psychological Health
Conditions of Worth
Incongruence
Defensiveness
Disorganization
they perceive that their parents, peers, or partners love and accept them only if they meet those people’s expectations and approval
Conditions of Worth
our perceptions of other people’s view of us
External Evaluations
discrepancy between a person’s self-concept and aspects of his or her experience
Incongruence
protection of the self-concept against anxiety and threat by the denial or distortion
Defensiveness
hindering experiences in awareness
Denial
distorting the meaning of experience
Distortion
when the incongruence between people’s perceived self and their organismic experience is either too obvious or occurs too suddenly to be denied or distorted, their behavior becomes disorganized which leads to schizophrenia or depression
Disorganization
people could learn more about how they relate to, or encountered one another
Encounter Groups
more adaptable, open to their experiences, trust in their organismic selves, live fully in the moment, harmonious relations with others, more integrated, basic trust of human nature, a greater richness in life
The Person of Tomorrow
