Rogers Flashcards
temporarily living in the other’s life, moving about in it delicately without making judgements.
Empathy
one’s view of self as one wishes to be.
Ideal self
experiences and behaviors are perceived as acceptable only if they meet with approval from others.
Conditions of worth
they signal to us that our organismic experience is inconsistent with our self concept.
Threat
when they are unaware of the discrepancy between their organismic self and their significant experience
Vulnerability
exists when a person’s organismic experiences are matched by an awareness of them and by an ability and willingness to openly express these feelings.
Congruence
the person develops a need to be loved, liked, or accepted by another person or defined as the experience of prizing or valuing one’s self.
Positive Regard
all those aspects of one’s being and one’s experiences that are perceived in awareness (though not always accurately) by the individual.
Self concept
we refuse to perceive an experience in awareness, or at least we keep some aspect of it from reaching symbolization.
Denial
all matter, both organic and inorganic to evolve from simpler to more complex forms.
Formative Tendency
tendency only applicable to humans because people are motivated by innate tendency to actualize, maintain and enhance the self.
Actualizing Tendency
a discrepancy between a person’s self-concept and aspects of his/her experience.
Incongruence
we misinterpret an experience in order to fit it into some aspect of our self-concept.
Distortion
the protection of the self-concept against anxiety and threat by the denial or distortion of experiences inconsistent with it.
Defensiveness
