Carl Rogers "Person-centered Theory" Flashcards
Carl Roger’s therapy
Client-centered therapy
Rogerian personality theory
Person-centered theory
Basic Assumptions of person-centered theory?
Formative tendency
Actualizing tendency
a tendency for all matter, both organic and inorganic, to evolve from simpler to more complex forms. For the entire universe, a creative process, rather than a disintegrative one, is in operation.
Formative tendency
tendency within all humans to move toward completion or fulfillment of potentials
Actualizing tendency
is similar to the lower steps on
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It includes such basic needs as food,
air, and safety; but it also includes the tendency to resist change and to seek the status quo.
maintenance
This need to become more, to develop, and to achieve growth is called
enhancement
provided certain conditions are present
Actualization tendency
necessary and sufficient conditions for becoming a fully functioning or self-actualizing person
Congruence or genuineness
Unconditional positive regard
Empathy
CUE
develop a vague concept of this when
a portion of their experience becomes personalized and differentiated in awareness as “I” or “me” experiences
self
Tingin mo sa sarili. Kung anong pagkakakilala sa sarili natin
Self-concept
Our real self, not influence by the society
Organismic self
Can be considered as false self
Self-concept
is a subset of the actualization tendency and is therefore not synonymous with it
Self-actualization
refers to organismic experiences of the individual; that is, it refers to the whole person—conscious and unconscious, physiological and cognitive
actualization tendency
is the tendency to actualize the self as perceived in awareness
self-actualization
includes all those aspects of one’s being and one’s experiences that
are perceived in awareness
self-concept
defined as one’s view of self as one wishes to be.
ideal self
the symbolic representation of some portion of our experience”
Awareness
Levels of Awareness
ignored or denied
accurately symbolized
distorted form
some events are experienced below the threshold of awareness and are either what?
*Kunwari bumibili ako ng fishball tapos dumaan pala sa may likod ko yung crush ko, hindi ko sinasabing yung si ano ‘to pero parang ganon na nga, tapos hindi ko siya napansin. Anong tawag dun?
Ignored or denied
Experiences that are freely admitted to the self-structure
Eto naman yung mga times na nakita ko talaga siya, hindi kami nagkasaliwat. Ano tawag dun sa awareness na ganoon?
Accurately symbolized
If the gifted pianist were to be told by a distrusted competitor that his playing was excellent, he might react very differently than he did when he heard the same words from a trusted friend. He may hear the remarks but distort their meaning because he feels threatened. “Why is this person trying to flatter me? This doesn’t make sense.”
Distorted form
Compliments, even those
genuinely dispensed, seldom have a positive influence on the self-concept of the recipient. They may be this because the person distrusts the giver, or they may be denied because the recipient does not feel deserving of them
Halimbawa cinompliment ka ng kaaway mo, syempre ‘di ka maniniwala dun
Denial of Positive Experience