PSYC 360 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Contingency Management, Extraversion And Introversion, Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Document Summary
Founded by frederick (fritz) perls (and laura pauls, paul goodman). Drawed from cultural/intellectual trends of the 40s and 50s. Began as a revision to psychoanalysis but developed as independent system. Active methods that develop patients awareness and behavioral tools. Holism and field theory: holism asserts that humans are inherently self- regulating, growth oriented, and that persons and symptoms cannot be understood apart from their environment. Field theory: a way of understanding how one"s context influences one"s experiencing. (our relationship to reality). A field is composed of mutually interdependent elements. Personal history is not part of the current field therefore cannot affect one"s experience- but how one holds memory of the event and altering of ones perception based upon event is relevant. Paradoxical theory of change: paradox is that the more on tries to become who one is not, the more one stays the same.
