PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gestalt Psychology, Protestantism
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Evangelical outlook: evangelize the world in our generation . An empirically-minded thinker with a devout implicit protestant morality. Evil arises as a consequence of the absence of good (human agency) All phenomena must be rendered devoid of contradictory implications, meanings or affective significances. Pragnanz - from gestalt theory: psychological organization will always be as good" as the prevailing conditions allow. Necessity for admiration for independence (as a core value) Only independent-valuing individuals were suited for client centered therapy. Assuming a minimal mutual willingness to be in contact and to receive communications, We may say that the greater the communicated congruence of experience, awareness and behavior on the part of one individual, The more the ensuing relationship will involve a tendency toward reciprocal communication with the same qualities, Mutually accurate understanding of the communications, improved psychological adjustment and functioning in both parties, *unconditional positive regard as prerequisite for substantive change.
