PSYB30H3 Lecture : Lecture notes
15 Apr 2011
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Third organizing force in north american psychology. We are the products of our learning histories. Humans are essentially good and intrinsically on a positive development trajectory. Ffa fully functioning person: free of the need to extensively distort their experiences and are able to think attentively, non-defensive, ability to trust their inner intuitions, go with their gut Reflection: when a councillor accurately expresses a client"s feelings or words. Client-centred therapy: the client finds in the councillor a genuine alter ego in an operational and technical sense; the councillor is giving up his or her own identity except for the one striving to understand. 3 contextual factors related to the context that relate to the psychological needs. Autonomy support pressure to perform is minimized, environment can differ, how much initiation they encourage. Structure if you behave a certain way, what will follow, a well structured environment provides clear guidelines, feedback, structure is important for competence.
