Lecture ( ). Rogers Flashcards
Person centered theory changes in name
“Nondirective” approach
“client-centered” “student-centered” “person-centered” “group-centered” “person-to-person”
Person centered theory was more concerned
Was more concerned with helping people than discovering why they behaved as they did
Person centered theory is built on
Theory is built on the experiences as a therapist
Carl’s personal life was marked by
Personal life was marked by change and openness to experience
Carl Rogers own family
Married Ellen Helliot in 1924, and had 2 children – David and Natalie
Rogers grew to become a leading proponent of the notion that
Grew to become a leading proponent of the notion that the interpersonal relationship between two individuals is a powerful ingredient that cultivates psychological growth within both persons.
Rogers birth order
4th of 6 children
Roger’s relationship to parents
Closer to his mother than to his father, who, during the early years, was often away from home working as a civil engineer
Roger’s first published book
The Clinical Treatment of the Problem Child (1939)
Roger is the first president of
First president of the American Association for Applied Psychology & first president of the American Academy of Psychotherapists
2 Basic Assumptions of Person-Centered Theory
Formative & Actualizing Tendency
Formative Tendency
Rogers believed that there is a tendency for all matter, both organic and inorganic, to evolve from simpler to more complex forms
Formative Tendency is what kind of process
A creative process, rather than a disintegrative one, is in operation for the entire universe
Actualizing Tendency refers to
Refers to organismic experiences of the individual, that is, refers to the whole person
Actualizing Tendency
Tendency within all humans (and other animals and plants) to move toward completion of fulfillment of potentials
2 needs in actualizing tendency
Need for maintenance and enhancement
Only motive that people possess
Actualizing tendency
Actualization involves the
Actualization involves the whole person – physiological and intellectual, rational and emotional, conscious and unconscious
Need for maintenance is similar to
Similar to the lower steps on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Need for maintenance includes the basic needs such as
air, food, safety
Need for maintenance includes
the tendency to resist change and to seek the status quo
Need for maintenance is expressed
Expressed in people’s desire to protect their current, comfortable self-concept
Need for Enhancement
Need to become more, to develop, and to achieve growth
Need for enhancement is seen in
Seen in people’s willingness to learn things that are not immediately rewarding
People are willing to face threat and pain because
People are willing to face threat and pain because of a biologically based tendency for the organism to fulfill its basic nature
Need for maintenance is expressed in various forms such as
Curiosity
Playfulness
Self-exploration
Friendship
Confidence