HUMANIST THEORISTS Maslow Rogers HUMANISTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY

HUMANIST THEORISTS Maslow & Rogers

HUMANISTIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY Personality is based on a person’s unique perception of the world. Emphasis on individual growth & potential.

Testing our individual perceptions… 16 -40 External Scorers: • A score above 15 suggests that you may have a fairly strong belief that events are beyond your control. In other words, you do not feel that there is much of a connection between your behavior and your outcomes. This means that you are less likely than others to take credit for your successes or to take the blame for your failures. Instead, you tend to believe that success and failure are primarily a matter of luck and chance.

Testing our individual perceptions… 7 -15 Intermediate Scorers: • A score in this range means that you have inconsistent views about the degree to which you control your own fate. You probably believe that you do control your on fate in some areas of your life but have little control in other areas.

Testing our individual perceptions… 0 -7 Internal Scorers: • A score below 7 indicates that you have a firm belief in your ability to influence your outcomes. Your score means that you generally do not attribute your successes and failures to good and bad luck or chance factors. Instead, you feel that you can influence the course of what happens to you. An internal locus of control is often associated with relatively high stress tolerance.

ABRAHAM MASLOW Hierarchy of Needs In order for you to grow to your fullest potential you must progress in the hierarchy. People with the healthiest personalities are at the upper levels of the hierarchy.

CARL ROGERS Positive Self Regard • Viewing yourself in a healthy way due to the feedback of others. Unconditional Positive Regard • Your perception that important individuals in your life accept you for you are. Full Functioning • Accepting who you are while also striving to reach your potential.

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE PSYCHOLOGY CLASS Applying Humanistic Personality Theories

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS: 1. What specific needs within Maslow’s hierarchy has the Grinch satisfied by his life on Mount Crumpit (in the beginning of the film)? Physiological Needs: • Food, water, warmth, rest Safety Needs: • Security, safety, order, stability

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS: 2. What specific needs within Maslow’s hierarchy does the Grinch need to reach? In other words, what does he lack prior to his transformation at the end of the film? Belongingness & love needs: • No sense of affiliation, affection or acceptance • Can’t move to other levels of the hierarchy without fulfilling the psychological needs

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS: 3. How does the Grinch reach self-actualization? In other words, how does his personality transform? Experiences from the Whos a sense of belongingness and love that he had never known Proceeds up the hierarchy Becomes selfactualized when he gives back all the decorations and functions harmoniously with the Whos

CARL ROGER’S THEORY: 1. What evidence suggests the Grinch does NOT have positive self-regard? Most likely did not receive approval, acceptance or love in his life This deficiency leads to a life of withdrawal

CARL ROGER’S THEORY: 2. When does the Grinch experience unconditional positive regard? Experiences acceptance by the Whos even though he tried to stop Christmas from coming Whos care about him regardless of his behaviors

CARL ROGER’S THEORY: 3. What evidence supports the Grinch’s transformation to becoming a full-functioning individual? After receiving unconditional positive regard from the Whos, the Grinch becomes a fully functioning person (or Grinch) He lives fully & richly in the moment He has a more open awareness to all experience He becomes open to positive as well as negative feelings

LESSONS FROM THE GRINCH Nurturing environments are necessary for a healthy personality to form. Humans are born with the ability to alter their perceptions of themselves, and therefore their personalities.