theorists Flashcards
individual is good and moves toward growth and self-actualization.
carl roger’s (person-centered)
messages learned about self in childhood determine whether person is good or
bad, though intervention can change this script.
berne (transactional analysis)
deterministic; people are controlled by biological instincts; are unsocialized, irrational; driven by unconscious forces such as sex and aggression.
freud (psychoanalysis)
people have a cultural/biological propensity to think in a disturbed manner but can be taught to use their capacity to react differently.
ellis (rebt)
people are not bad or good. People have the capacity to govern life effectively as “whole.” People are part of their environment and must be viewed as such.
perls (gestalt)
individuals strive to meet basic physiological needs and the need to be worthwhile to self and others. Brain as control system tries to meet needs.
glasser (reality therapy)
man is basically good; much of behavior is determined via birth order.
adler (individual psychology)
humans are like other animals: mechanistic and controlled via environmental stimuli and reinforcement contingencies; not good or bad; no self-determination or freedom.
skinner (behaviorism)
person produces and is a product of conditioning. Observation and modeling are extremely important.
bandura (social learning)
existential view is that humans are good, rational, and retain freedom of choice.
frankl (logotherapy)
through education and scientific data, man can become himself. Humans are born with potential for good or evil. Others are needed to help unleash positive potential. Man is mainly rational, not intuitive.
Williamson (trait-factor)