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Personality Ch. 13
Person-Centered Theory (Roger's) Ryckman 10e
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conditions of worth | Stipulations upon which our sense of self-worth depends; they are associated with the belief that we are only worthwhile if we perform behaviors that others thing are good and refrain from actions that others think are bad. |
| congruence | State of harmony that exists when there is no discrepancy between the person's experiencing and his or her self-concept. |
| emerging persons | People of the future whose interpersonal relationships are characterized by honesty, cooperation, and concern fro others; who avoid sham, facades, and hypocrisy; and who welcome change and opt for growth even when it is painful to do so. |
| fully functioning persons | Individuals who are utilizing their potentials to the maximum degree. In other words, these individuals are engaged in self-realization or self-actualization. |
| need for positive regard | Learned or innate tendency to seek and need approval from others. |
| organismic valuing process | An innate bodily mechanism for evaluating which experiences are right or wrong for the person. People experience satisfaction in those behaviors that maintain and enhance them and aversion to those behaviors that do not. |
| Q-sort | Self-report assessment procedure designed to measure the discrepancy between a person's actual and ideal selves. |
| satellite relationships | Relationships formed outside the marriage that may or may not involve sexual intimacy. |
| social self | A self-concept based on the expectations of others. It has a powerful influence on us bc we want to please others & win their positive regard. When social self is in-congruent w the true self, we destroy our true feelings, and hinder self realization. |
| true self | A self-concept based on our actual feelings about our experiences. Under unconditional positive regard, we have no need to repress, actual experiences. These experiences can be adequately symbolized and assimilated into our true self. |
| unconditional positive regard | A total caring or prizing of the person for what he or she is, without any reservations or conditions or worth; in therapy, the therapist's complete acceptance of the client's expression of negative as well as positive feelings. |
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