PSYC 4060 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Animal Rights, Organism, Unconditional Positive Regard
19 Oct 2014
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Ego=self layer is focused on during therapy. Client-centered therapy invites us to envision the human being as a person: self- determining and self-realizing, a sovereign subject. Personhood is an ethical claim that signifies that human beings should not be used as means to others" ends. All human beings are no reducible ends in themselves, inherently deserving of dignity and respect. His holistic theory of personality emphasized that individuals must be understood as totalities striving to actualize themselves. Rogers" view of human nature has been characterized as optimistic and na ve. Persons and living organisms are thought to be evolving towards greater complexity, fulfilling those potentials that preserve and enhance themselves. Theory of the actualizing tendency is biological in nature and is not moral. If the goodness of fit between the person and the environment were perfect, the person would develop toward roger"s view of the fully functioning person.
