Humanistic Personality 1

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HUMANISTIC APPROACH TO

PERSONALITY

HUMANISTIC SCHOOL OF

PSYCHOLOGY


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HUMANISTIC SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY

It believes in the goodness of man and

It has optimistic confidence in mans positive

nature

It is contrary to psychoanalytical theory of

personality

It does not consider that personality isgoverned by biological forces.


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HUMANISTIC SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY

Humanistic psychology points out that every

one of us has the potential for

self actualization through spontaneity,

creativity and personal growth.


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PERSONALITY

CARL RANSOM ROGERS

American Psychologist


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CARL ROGERS


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

SELF THEORY

An individuals self is important fordetermining the process of his growth,

development and appropriate adjustments to

his environment.


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

Self theory

There are two basic systems underlying his

personality theory.

They are;

The organism and

The self


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

Self theory

To Rogers

The organismand the selfare systems

operating in ones phenomenological field


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

Phenomenological field

It refers to the world of subjective experience,the personal and separate reality of each

individual.


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

The organism

It refers to the individuals entire frame of

reference. It represents the totality of his

experience- both conscious and unconscious.

The self

It is the accepted and aware part of

experience. It can be understood in terms of

our concept of I, me or myself.


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

Personality

Personality of an individual is the product of

interaction between the organism and the self

of the individual.


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

The acquisition of self

It is a long and continuous process

Human beings have the tendency to developtheir self by means of interpersonal and social

experiences which they acquire in the

environment.


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

Self

It is purely based on ones personal

experiences

So

The concept of self may differ from person to

person


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

Another concept in the theory is

The ideal self

It is the kind of person we would like to be It is developed when the formation of self is

based on personal needs than on reality


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

Cause of Abnormality

Developing false self image and

Inconsistency between ones actual imageand his false self image

Development of an ideal self too

unreasonable and too un attainable or too

different from ones real self


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

Role of therapist

To convince the individual

What he/she is not And

What he/ she is


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HUMANISTIC ROGERS

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PERSONALITY

ABRAHAM MASLOW


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ABRAHAM MASLOW

SELF ACTUALIZATION THEORY


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ABRAHAM MASLOW

He is an American psychologist And

A major theorist in humanistic psychology


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ABRAHAM MASLOW


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SELF ACTUALIZATION THEORY Maslow

To Maslow

Human beings are basically good or neutral

There is an impulse of craving for growth orfulfillment of ones potentials


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The goal of life is to seek self actualization in

Pursuit of knowledge

Appreciation of beauty Playfulness

Self sufficiency

Insight in to the truth or Other constructive and creative expression


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The behaviour of an individual depends on his

style of striving for self actualization

The path towards self actualization may have

sub goals of lower- order needs to be

satisfied.


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Conclusion

The goal of personality development is self

actualization

i.e. realization of ones basic human potential

to the maximum extent and as effectively as

possible


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Criticism

It is not objective and scientific especially in

the subjective criteria for self actualization


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