Question
Explain the humanistic approach to study of personality.

Answer

Humanistic approach to personality:
Rogers believed that all human beings are fully-functional beings and feeling of fulfillment is the main motivational force.
Basic Assumptions:
  • Behaviour is goal directed and worthwhile.
  • All human beings have an innate tendency to choose adaptive and self actualizing behaviours.
According to Rogers there are two types of self:
  • Real Self - What I am?
  • Ideal Self - What I want to be?
Congruence between the two leads to development of balanced integrated personality:
  • Unconditional positive regard develops adaptive behaviour which enhances self esteem and self efficacy to self actualize.
  • According to Maslow everybody wants to self actualize and attain their highest potential.
  • Focus on survival needs reduces him/ her to the level of animals and focus on higher needs leads to self actualization.

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