Personality Exam 2 COPY

Question 1

Hierarchy of needs

Answer 1

Physiological Needs

Safety Needs- freedom from fear, stability.

Financial Security; important drive for infants and neurotic adults;

Belongingness & Love Needs

Esteem Needs- expressed through hobbies, school, job, etc, failure to satisfy leads to inferiority/helplessness, kind of a growth need

Status & Recognition- need others to like you

Self-Worth, feel like we are contributing

Self Actualization- fullest development of the self,

Question 2

Maslow Types of Motivation

Answer 2

• D-motivation (comes from deficiency) i.e. hunger, comes from striving for a goal, makes up for something lacking- achieve homeostasis
• B-motivation, being motivation, metamotivation, seeking to enrich life, maximize potential, know/understand environment- self actualizers actually seek out tension/ challenges/variety (unlike others)

Question 3

Characteristics of Self-Actualizers:

Answer 3

Efficient Perception of Reality

Acceptance of self, others, and nature

Spontenaity, Simplicity Naturalness,

Freshness of appreciation

Peak experiences

Social Interest

Profound Interpersonal Relationships

Question 4

The Self & Tendency toward Actualization: What to look for when assessing

Answer 4

-When assessing, look at family environment, health, intellectual development, economic, cultural, social, educational influences, self-insight

Question 5

Actualization Tendency

Answer 5

-basic motivation to actualize, maintain & enhance the self -begins in the womb

Question 6

Rogers Development of Self in Childhood

Answer 6

-Self Concept (I, me, myself), develops as we are able to separate self from other, our image of what we are, should be and want to be -Ideally, we strive for consistent pattern, have organized whole (self-insight)

Question 7

Positive Regard

Answer 7

• as self develops we have needs: positive regard (acceptance, love, approval- especially from caregivers in infancy)
• Lack of regard= perceived as disapproval of newly developed self, can hamper or stop actualization and development, if you don’t have it, you try to get it by acting in ways that are inconsistent with self-concept

Question 8

Conditions of worth

Answer 8

• belief we are only worthy of approval when we express desirable behaviors and attitudes

Question 9

Conditional Positive Regard

Answer 9

• approval acceptance granted only when person exhibits desirable behaviors, kids learn affection has a price, shapes self-regard (super-ego).

Question 10

Incongruence

Answer 10

• discrepancy between self-concept and aspects of experience. Incongruent experiences become threatening, produce anxiety.

Question 11

Rogers Fully Functioning Person

Answer 11

1. Self Aware
2. Present
3. Trust
4. Freedom to make choices
5. Creative
6. Experience a rich, full, exciting life