The Humanistic Personality Discussion
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The Humanists
The humanistic personality theorists placed a great deal of emphasis on the concept of self-actualization. Review the theories of Abraham Maslow (Schultz & Schultz, 2017, pp 250-255) and Carl Rogers (Schultz & Schultz, 2017, pp 274-276). Compare their respective approaches to the concept of self-actualization. How might this concept differ from the way that psychodynamic theorists approached individuation?
What application of these theories do you see to your own personality development?
Schultz, D. P. & Schultz, S. E.. (2017). Theories of personality. Cengage Learning
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The Humanists
Abraham Maslow believed that we had five needs that can control and begin our behaviors. This was named the Hierarchy of Five Innate Needs. (2017) Maslow believed that in order to arrive to the state of fulfilment, they have to satisfy the first needs of the hierarcy. Once this is completed, then they can reach a level of self-actualization where they are purely content with their lives. However, Carl Rogers believed that one cannot reach the stage of self-actualization unless they are in a state of congruence. Unless they have a postitive condition of worth, or as defined in the textbook, “A belief that we are worthy of approval only when we express desirable behaviors and attitudes and refrain from expressing those that bring disapproval from others.” (2017) This differs from the way psychodynamic theorists view individuation. I have previously learned that individuation is the fulfilment of ones capabilities and the development of an individual. It is fully based on individual thought rather than self-actualization that is based on inner and outer thoughts. I have applied both theories to my personality development. Individuation aided me in developing through my personal childhood trauma, to properly become an individual seperate from my trauma. This helped me form my personality, as I was not able to at a young age. Although this was slightly hindering to do at an older age, I used self-actualization to accomplish such a goal. After years of disliking myself and hindering my own life by doing so, I realized that I am who I am and to each his or her own. By seperating myself and my own life from everyone elses, I noticed a change in my perception. With a newly accquired personality, I had the ability to see myself in a different light. I realized I am an amazing person, with all of my flaws.
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References: Schultz, D. P. & Schultz, S. E.. (2017). Theories of personality. Cengage Learning
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Week 3 Discussion
This week the reading focused on the theories of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers and their concepts on the development of the humanistic personality. In reviewing the information on Maslow’s theory, he stated that our actions and behaviors are dictated by a hierarchy of five innate needs. These needs dictate how we as individuals act in our everyday lives. Maslow’s hierarchy consisted of the physiological, safety, belongingness and love, esteem, and self-actualization needs (Schultz & Schultz, 2017, pp 250). Maslow’s approach was centered around the needs of a person. Essentially, saying that the personality is developed over the years as we grow, and certain milestones are met as we get older. Humans are social creatures, we need to eat, we need to feel safe/secure, we need to feel that we have achieved something in our lives to reach our full potential.
In contrast, Rogers theorized that the personality is developed by a person’s constant evaluation of themselves and a desire to make themselves better than they currently are. He believed that all our physiological and psychological needs are satisfied by something he called the actualization tendency. According to Rogers, we evaluate all our life’s experiencing and determine if each experience contributed to the desire to improve upon the self. Both Maslow and Rogers theories are interesting in that they both address the needs of people in similar aspects. The difference between the humanistic approach and the psychodynamic theorist approach would be the humanistic approach looks at the entire person and examines their behaviors based on their needs. While the psychodynamic aspect categorizes people based on the behaviors and personality types determined by tests and exams. A great example of that would be Carl Jung, who categorized people into two types introverts and extroverts, then further divided them into sub types of thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition.
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