Humanistic psychology pt.2 Flashcards
According to rogers, one can be understood only from the perspective of ones “phenomenal field”, what is this?
The entire panorama of consious experience, where everything comes together
According to Rogers, people have the basic need to actualize, what does this mean
To maintain and enhance life. The goal of existance is to satisfy this need.
Who created the heiarchy of needs
Maslow
What are 3 misconceptions of the heiarchy of needs?
1) once a lower level is satisfied, it no longer motivates behaviour
2) it applies to everyone in the same way
3) higher motivations arent just higher but also better
According to Maslow and Rogers, what is the best way to live?
To become more clearly aware of reality and of yourself
According to Rogers, what is a “fully functioning person”
A person who faces the world without fear, self-doubt, and neurotic defences. They live an authentic existance
To be a fully functioning person, you need to have experienced what?
Uncondiional positive regard, from the important people in your life
Conditions of __________ is the idea that we are taught almost from the cradle, that we are good and valueable people only if we fullfill certain criterea (healthy, good-looking, prosperous)
Worth
What is the goal of Rogerian psychotherapy, and humanistic psychotherapy in general?
To help the client attain this ideal state by developing a genuine and caring relationship with them, and providing unconditional positive regard
What assumption did Rogers and Maslow add to the basic ideas of existentialism?
That people are basically goof
George Kelly, thought that ones individual experience of the world make uo of ones ________, is central to psychology.
Construals
Describe the Personal Construct Theory
Ones cognitive system assembles ones contruals of the world (personal constructs), which can help determine how experiences are construed
What is one way an Individuals personal construct system can be assessed?
The Rep Test
Explain the Rep test.
The rep test asks you to identify three people who have been important in your life, then it asks you to describe how two of them are similar and are different from the third.
The way you descriminate among the three reveal constructs
Research says that particular constructs are more readily brought to mind in certain individuals, what are these contructs called?
Chronically accessible constructs.
eg. devestating failure might be chronically accessible to one person, where the thought that all will turn into catastrophe is never far from mind
Where do Chronically accessible constructs come from?
Past experience
A central implication of personal construct theory is called the Sociality Corollary. What does this say?
That understanding another person means understanding their personal construct system and to do so, you need to be able to look at the world through their eyes.
What is Constructive Alternativism?
The idea that you choose the construals you use, their not forced on you
What is the difference bwteen a Satisficing goal, and an Optimizing goal?
Doing what you want as long as you can pay for it is a safisficing goal. The need to maximize gain and that you have to make as much money as possible is an optimizing goal
