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