rogers ID Flashcards
Natures tendency to evolve from simpler forms to more complex ones
The formative tendency
Tendency within all humans towards complete fulfillment
The actualizing tendency
Those basic needs that protect the status quo. They may be either physiological (e.g., food) or interpersonal (e.g., the need to maintain the current self-concept).
maintenance needs
The need to develop, to grow, and to achieve.
Willingness to learn things that are not immediately rewarding
enhancement needs
A more general term than
self-concept; refers to the entire person, including those aspects of existence beyond awareness.
organismic self
Aspects of one’s being that are perceived in awareness, though not always accurately by the individual
self-concept
One’s view of one’s self as one wished to be
the ideal self
A wide gap between the self-concept and the ideal self creates
incongruence
The self has two subsystems:
1) the self-concept
2) the ideal self
A sense of self or personal identity begins to emerge during
infancy
3 levels of awareness
1) Below the threshold are ‘ignored or denied’
Sound of traffic ignore it
2) Some are ‘accurately symbolized or freely admitted to the self structure’
Non threatening and consistent with self image
3) experiences in ‘distorted form’
Something comes your way and you need to reshape it to fit your sense of self
The two basic human needs + 2 more
maintenance and enhancement, but people also need positive regard and self-regard.
Instead of unconditional positive regard people get
conditions of worth
Perceptions of other peoples view of us are called
external evaluations
Source of psychological disorder is the ______ between self concept and organismic experience
incongruence
