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WHAT
MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY DO?
WHAT
CONSTITUTES THE SELF? x3
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oPEOPLE’S
MOTIVATIONS ARISE FROM WITHIN
oPEOPLE
CAN BE BEST UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN INTERNAL FRAMES OF REFERENCE (THE
PHENOMENAL FIELD)
nHow we
experience ourselves and the world
nHumanists
– worthy of an individual (unique)
oSUBJECTIVE
INTERPRETATION GOVERN BEHAVIOR
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Two types of personality theories
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- humanistic- phenomenological
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– we
are growth orienting – higher plane than that – we want to be the best people
we can be
How
someone self- actualizes who they want to be
But
there are parallels
- We
want to be altruistic
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Rogers
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oHAVE
THEIR MORE RECENT ROOTS IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT (LATE 1600’S
TO EARLY 1800’S)
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Modern humanistic theories
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What did ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744) AND
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712-1778) state?
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oHUMANS
AS FUNDAMENTALLY GOOD, PROSOCIAL, RATIONAL
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HUMANS ARE SEEN AS (according to humanistic theories)
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HAVING THE INTELLECTUAL POWER TO LEARN
AND DISCOVER (ALMOST) EVERYTHING
oTHEY CAN USE THIS POWER AND KNOWLEDGE TO MANAGE THEMSELVES, ADAPT TO MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, MAKE RATIONAL CHOICES |
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What did humanistic theory emphasize on?
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o“HIGHER
FUNCTIONS” SUCH
AS THE SELF AND SELF-CONCEPT, SELF-ACTUALIZATION
nBasic level drives – aggression/sex
nHuman beings can be motivated by
certain focuses – achievements (careers)
n^ different from the need to feel
safe (some people avoid this negative state than attaining growth) – some are
determined on both (higher= achievement)
oCONCERNED
WITH THE PRESENT AND THE RECENT PAST
nUnlike psychodynamics (humanistics do not care about the past)
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Humanistic research is __ and ___
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- idiographic- nomothetic
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Humanistic other emphasis
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The intimate knowledge of people's experiences as opposed to knowledge of general characteristics
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What are determinants of human behavior?
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- free will - free choice
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What Carl Roger's main motivation
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- the actualizing tendency
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THE INHERENT TENDENCY OF THE ORGANISM/person TO DEVELOP ALL ITS CAPACITIES IN WAYS
WHICH SERVE TO MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE ORGANISM
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The actualizing tendency
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DEFINED AS “POSITIVE SOCIAL FEEDBACK’, A UNIVERSAL NEED FOR HUMAN BEINGS. IT MUST COME FROM OTHERS AND FROM ONESEL
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Positive regard
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THE
PERSON IS VALUED JUST FOR BEING. PROVIDED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PERSON. PROVIDES
THE BEST CONDITION FOR A PERSON TO BE GUIDED BY HIS SELF-ACTUALIZING TENDENCIES
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Unconditional positive regard
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Most
positive regard is conditional (contingent on your behavior)
Carl
hopes your parents do but then do not (get good grades, behave good, you will
get it)
Positive
regard gets taken out when you misbehave (carl wants parents to say: You are a
good person, but your behavior is not) – lots of parents send a
bad message saying you are bad because your behavior is bad.
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