PSY230H1 Lecture 7: Humanistic Approach - Amanda Sharples (2018)
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Holistic: focus on human system rather than components. Historic: person"s experiences over the course of a lifetime. Phenomenology: focus on interior, experimental aspects of personality. Real life: person in the real world. Positivity: joyful, fruitful activities & virtuous attributes. As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves". Idea of the self" important to rogers. Self-worth (involves fear of failure), self-image (self-concept), ideal self (based on self-expectations & other ppl"s expectations for us) Self-worth is shaped by early childhood experiences. Unconditional positive regard: parents & significant others accept & love a person for who they are. Conditional positive regard: positive regard, love, praise & approval depend on child behaving in particular way. Ppl-pleasers, need approval from others (only time when they felt loved in childhood was when they didn"t misbehave) Child develops anxious/ambivalent or avoidant attachment styles. According to rogers, mental health issues develop when one"s self-image & ideal self are incongruent.
