PSY 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Terror Management Theory, Dream Interpretation, Therapeutic Relationship

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 505
• Professor: Alasdair Goodwill

Document Summary

Carl rogers (1902-1987)- american: grew up in a religious and ethical atmosphere, agriculture theology clinical psychology, began career as a therapist (child), based theory on therapeutic experience (like freud, most (cid:858)influential(cid:859) psychologist of 20th century. Person-centered therapy: do not act like something i am not, value in understanding others, experience is key, people move in positive directions, life is dynamic not deterministic. Personality is determined, and fixed, by experiences in early life (deterministic) Our adult experiences are simply repeats of unresolved early conflicts. Phenomenological emphasises conscious perceptions of the present: subjectivity of experience of the world. Congruence thoughts and feelings match experience: feelings of authenticity, thoughts and feelings match experience. Positivity of human motivation people are generally good, positive and seek growth: people are generally good, positive, and seek growth. But, rogers believed that these weren"t unconscious impulsive drives that must be thwarted.