Caraga State University: The Real and Ideal Self (PDF)

Caraga state university Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines URL: www.carsu.edu.ph THE REAL SELF and IDEAL SELF - Carl Rogers Shiela S. Badiang, RPm, RGC Department of Psychology College of Humanities and Social Sciences Week 6.2 Un...

Caraga state university Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines URL: www.carsu.edu.ph THE REAL SELF and IDEAL SELF - Carl Rogers Shiela S. Badiang, RPm, RGC Department of Psychology College of Humanities and Social Sciences Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 2  Carl Rogers (1959) oPeople are driven by an innate tendency to actualize, maintain, and enhance the self. o Self-actualize - it is a basic motive - to fulfil one's potential and achieve the highest level of our 'human-beingness' (McLeod, 2014). - part of a larger actualization tendency Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 3  Actualization tendency - is the basic human motivation to actualize, maintain, and enhance the self, which encompasses all physiological and psychological needs. - serves to maintain the organism providing sustenance and survival. Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 4 o Full human growth and Experiences development are struggles & neither automatic pains nor effortless  Organismic Valuing Process Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 5  Organismic Valuing Process o a natural instinct directing you toward the most fulfilling pursuits (Feist, 2008); o experiences in terms of their value for fostering or hindering your actualization and growth are being judged; o life experiences are also evaluated. Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 6  Organismic Valuing Process o a natural instinct directing you toward the most fulfilling pursuits (Feist, 2008); o experiences in terms of their value for fostering or hindering your actualization and growth are being judged; o life experiences are also evaluated. Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 7  o Experiential World - provides you a frame of reference or context that influences your growth and behavior. - also known as subjective world of the individual This process is known as phenomenology Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 8  Phenomenal Field Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 9  “Experience is for me, the highest authority. The touchstone of validity is my own experience” - By Carl Rogers (Schultz, 2005) Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 10  Experiential world enlarges agitated by the actualizing tendency Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 11  Dissociation means being disconnected to one’s true self, and when this happens, the actualizing tendency may deviate into behaviors that do not lead to actualization. Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 12 The “self” that one forms may be at variance with the real experience Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 13 Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 14 A wide gap incongruence between the ideal self and other components of the self-concept Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 15  what your society promotes what you think is in your best interest Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 16  There is a more  There is only a overlap little overlap  Self-actualization  Self- will be easy actualization will be difficult Week 6.2 Understanding the Self 17   There is only a little overlap  Self-actualization will be difficult  There is more overlap  Self-actualization will be easy Week 6.2 Understanding the Self Week 6.2 Understanding the Self  References: Boeree, C. G. (2006). Personality theories: Carl Rogers. Retrieved February 13,2013, from http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/rogers.html. Engler, B., Theories of Personality. 9th edition. CENGAGE Learning Asia Pte Ltd., Philippine reprint, 2016. Ismail, N. & Tekke, M. “Rediscovering Rogers’ Self Theory and Personality,” Journal of Education, Health and Community Psychology, vol. 4. (3) 2015. Feist, J. & Feist, G., Theories of Personality. 7th edition. McGraw Hill Companies, New York City, USA, 2009. Feist, J., Feist, G., & Roberts, T., Theories of Personality. 9th edition. McGraw Hill Companies, USA, 2018. Schultz D., Schultz, S., Theories of Personality. 8th edition. WADSWORTH CENGAGE Learning, USA, 2005. McLeod, S. A. (2014). Carl Rogers. Retrieved from https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl- rogers.html Week 6.2 Understanding the Self