PSY 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rorschach Test, Humanistic Psychology, Self-Actualization
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8 Oct 2014
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Psych 150: Structure of Mind and Behavior - Lecture 3: Personality Day 3
Everyday terms originated by Jung include which of the following? — D. Persona
● Humanistic
○ Optimistic approach to psychology—humanists want to focus on the “bright side”
○ E.g., spirituality, creativity & tolerance (your unique experience)
○Rogers Person - Centered Theory
■ most innate tendency of humans is a drive towards becoming a fully
functioning person
■ Actualizing tendency, urge to expand, extend develop & mature
○ Why are there problems? — fully functioning people need to develop positive
ideas about yourself (positive self-concept)
○ 2 types of personalities:
■ positive self-concept = fully functioning person
■ negative self-concept = maladjusted person
○ People sometimes attempt to impose conditions of worth on others
○ Humanistic psychology places much of the importance on self-concept
○Incongruence — self-concept is not connected to real-self (flaws, actual
tendencies), also further removed is ideal self (what people tell us, who we might
want to be)
○Congruence — open, authentic, communication in the way you present yourself
to the world matches what you think and feel at a deeper level
○ Moving towards congruence — identify reasonable goals, keep real self, ideal
self & self-concept close together
○Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
■Self actualization — experiencing fully, vividly, selflessly, with full
concentration, and total absorption: moment of experiencing, the person
is wholly and fully human
○ Hierarchy of needs: (pyramid)
Need for self actualization (top)
Esteem Needs
Love, affection, and belongingness needs
Safety needs
Survival needs (bottom)
● Trait
○ 2 key themes:
■ people display consistency in their actions, thoughts and feelings
■ people differ from each other in many ways
○ How many traits are there? Trait theorists:
■ Allport (1930s) — infinite many traits
■ Cattell (1960s) — 16 traits