...criteria for identifying self-actualizers. 6. List and describe the characteristics of self-actualizing people. 7. Describe the Jonah complex. 1 8. Discuss Maslow's philosophy of science. 9. Discuss Maslow's concept of humanity. 10. Explain the implications of Maslow's theory for psychotherapy. 11. Summarize research on self-actualization. I. Overview of Maslow's Holistic-Dynamic Theory Maslow's holistic-dynamic theory assumes that people are continually motivated by one or more needs, and that under the proper circumstances, they can reach a level of psychological health called self-actualization. II. Biography of Abraham H. Maslow Abraham H. Maslow was born in New York City in 1908, the oldest of seven children of Russian Jewish immigrants. After 2 or 3 mediocre years as a college student, Maslow improved in his academic work at about the time he was married. He received both a bachelor's degree and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, where he worked with Harry Harlow conducting 2 animal studies. Most of his professional career was spent at Brooklyn College and Brandeis University. Poor health forced him to move to California, where he died in 1970 at age 62. III. Maslow's View of Motivation Maslow's theory rests on five basic assumptions about motivation: (1) the whole organism is motivated at any one time; (2) motivation is complex, and unconscious motives often underlie behavior; (3) people are...
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...responses into a circumflex identifying twelve exact patterns or styles of thinking, behaving and interacting on a personal, management and leadership level representing the essence of an individual's usefulness. The circumflex provides an image of an individual's thinking and behavior and then compares results with those of other individuals having taken the inventory in order to create self-awareness of strengths and weakness in order to create awareness of constructive behavior. The forming base for the LSI represents nearly ten thousand individuals from various organizations, ages, levels of education and from both genders. The results plotted on the circumflex a divided into area defined by higher order and lower order needs of satisfaction and security; and task-centered and people centered orientations. Within these spheres are twelve separate styles (agreement, conservative, reliant, prevention, oppositional, power, aggressive, obsessive, success, self-actualizing, humanistic-encouraging, and affinitive) which are consequently grouped into three exact patterns (success and reliant; self-actualizing and avoidance; humanistic-encouraging/oppositional; and affinitive and power). Cooke and Lafferty (1989), the authors of the inventory, suggest, "Aiming for the blue" the Constructive Styles of thinking and behavior. My Results Position Style Score Percentile 1 Humanistic-Encouraging 12 1 2 Affinitive 35 75 3 Approval 24 91 4 Conventional 7 9 5 Dependent 28 95 6 Avoidance 0...
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...identifying 12 specific patterns or styles of thinking, behaving and interacting on a personal, management and leadership level--representing the essence of an individual's effectiveness. The circumplex provides a visual description of an individual's thinking and behaviour and then compares results with those of other individuals having taken the inventory in order to create self-awareness of strengths and weakness in order to create awareness of constructive behaviour. The norming base for the LSI represents nearly 10,000 individuals from various organizations, ages, levels of education and from both genders. The results plotted on the circumplex a divided into areas defined by higher order and lower order needs of satisfaction and security; and task-centered and people-centered orientations. Within these spheres are 12 separate styles (approval, conventional, dependent, avoidance, oppositional, power, competitive, perfectionistic, achievement, self-actualizing, humanistic-encouraging, and affiliative) which are subsequently grouped into three specific patterns (achievement/dependent; self-actualizing/avoidance; humanistic-encouraging/oppositional; and affiliative/power). Cooke and Lafferty (1989), the authors of the inventory, suggest "aiming for the blue"--the Constructive Styles of thinking and behaviour. My Results Position Style Score Percentile 1 Humanistic-Encouraging 12 1 2 Affiliative 35 75 3 Approval 24 91 4 Conventional 7 9 5 Dependent 28 95 6 Avoidance...
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...12-116 Psychoanalytic Theory 12-25 Humanistic Theory 25-43 Trait and Factor Theories- Big Five Factors 43-57 Biological and Genetic Theories 58-62 Social Cognitive Theory 62-87 Holistic-Dynamic Theory 88-116 III. Conclusion 116-117 Final Thoughts 116 Summary 117 Back Matter 118 References 118 PREFACE What makes people behave as they do? Are people ordinarily aware of what they are doing, or are their behaviors the result of hidden, unconscious motives? Are some people naturally good and others basically evil? Is human conduct largely a product of nature, or is it shaped mostly by...
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...University of Phoenix Material Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Worksheet Fill-in the Blank 1. Abraham Maslow proposed the _ Humanistic_ theory of personality. 2. According to Maslow, self-fulfillment and realization of one’s full potential are examples of Self-Actualization____ needs. 3. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs proposes that __ physiological___needs must be satisfied before _ safety and security needs will become motivators for behavior. 4. The belief that matter evolves from simpler to more complex forms is ____________________. 5. The ___________, according to Rogers, is one’s view of self as one wishes to be. 6. Carl Rogers believed that conditions of worth, incongruence, defensiveness, and disorganization are all considered ___________________________. 7. Rogers believed that __________________________, _______________________, and _________________ are necessary elements of psychotherapy. 8. _______________ is the structure that gives meaning to experience and allows people to make decisions about the future. 9. May proposed that ___________________ is the freedom of action, whereas __________________ is the freedom of being. 10. The basic concepts of existential theory are _______________ and ___________________. Matching Match the following theoretical components with their correct theorist or theorists. |Theoretical component ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Worksheet Fill-in the Blank 1. Abraham Maslow proposed the _____Humanistic____________ theory of personality. 2. According to Maslow, self-fulfillment and realization of one’s full potential are examples of ______basic__________ needs. 3. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs proposes that ___lower basic needs_________ needs must be satisfied before ____higher growth________ needs will become motivators for behavior. 4. The belief that matter evolves from simpler to more complex forms is ______formative tendancy______________. 5. The __ideal self_________, according to Rogers, is one’s view of self as one wishes to be. 6. Carl Rogers believed that conditions of worth, incongruence, defensiveness, and disorganization are all considered _barriers to psychological health__________________________. 7. Rogers believed that __couselor congruence___, ___unconditional postitve reguard________, and empathetic listening____ are necessary elements of psychotherapy. 8. __Intentionality_____________ is the structure that gives meaning to experience and allows people to make decisions about the future. 9. May proposed that ____existential freedon_____ is the freedom of action, whereas ___essentail freedom_____ is the freedom of being. 10. The basic concepts of existential theory are ______ and ___________________. Matching Match the following theoretical...
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... Personal Thinking Styles As a result of taking The Life Styles Inventory I have found that my two primary personal thinking styles fell into the groups of achievement and self-actualizing. In these groups I received my highest scores of 95%. Achievement, the first category, says a lot about what drives me in my personal life as well as my working life. I have always been driven to succeed in my endeavors. I didn`t actually realize this potential in myself until after high school. Up until that point I was satisfied to just do what was expected of me. When I got my first job at eighteen years old, I found that this was just not going to be good enough. I spent three years in a machine shop trying to progress into management type positions. This life however was not for me. I soon decided that I could make more money creating and running my own business. My business was interior home remodeling and for twenty four years I set the bar high and achieved all of my goals. At the age of forty six I decided that I had done everything I could with this career and the economy was no longer favoring this field, so I sold my business and went to college. Last year in 2010, I earned my Bachelors in Technical Management with a focus on Networking. Self-actualizing, the second category that I rated a 95% in, I feel describes me well too. In my past and present endeavors I have exhibited a strong sense of...
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...University of Phoenix Material Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Worksheet Fill-in the Blank 1. Abraham Maslow proposed the _____Humanistic____________ theory of personality. 2. According to Maslow, self-fulfillment and realization of one’s full potential are examples of ______basic__________ needs. 3. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs proposes that ___lower basic needs_________ needs must be satisfied before ____higher growth________ needs will become motivators for behavior. 4. The belief that matter evolves from simpler to more complex forms is ______formative tendancy______________. 5. The __ideal self_________, according to Rogers, is one’s view of self as one wishes to be. 6. Carl Rogers believed that conditions of worth, incongruence, defensiveness, and disorganization are all considered _barriers to psychological health__________________________. 7. Rogers believed that __couselor congruence___, ___unconditional postitve reguard________, and empathetic listening____ are necessary elements of psychotherapy. 8. __Intentionality_____________ is the structure that gives meaning to experience and allows people to make decisions about the future. 9. May proposed that ____existential freedon_____ is the freedom of action, whereas ___essentail freedom_____ is the freedom of being. 10. The basic concepts of existential theory are ______ and ___________________. Matching Match the following theoretical...
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...Shalonda Jones OCI Survey Paper Introduction: The organization I selected to use for my study is Humana Insurance Company (Humana Inc.). Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies. Humana is a full-service benefits solutions company, offering a wide array of health and supplemental benefit plans for employer groups, government programs and individuals. Humana is a Fortune 500 company with 26,000 employees nationwide. These organization was started 1961, initially Humana was a company that owned Hospitals and Nursing Homes. In 1984 Humana evolved into an insurance company selling medical and dental products. The 1990s marked Humana's transition into a consumer health benefits company. Humana spun off its hospital operations from the health insurance operations in 1993. Humana is now focus on being the most trusted insurance company in the industry. That is the history of Humana Inc. but my focus for the survey was just one department. I focused my survey on the Chicago Market Office Sales department. This department was started in 1992. There are 35 employees in the unit. The Chicago market sales office motto is “Guidance when you needed most”. The goal of the office was to make Humana the one stop shop for all your health care solutions. 2-A Culture Type: My company primary style is Affiliative, which characterizes an organization as having positive interpersonal relationships...
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...thinking styles. They are conventional and self-actualizing. My results in the conventional style of thinking have me ranked in the 90th percentile with a raw score of 22. This is my primary thinking style. The conventional thinking style describes individuals who are pretty much set in their ways of doing things. They will tend to have a fixed and unchanging daily routine which they are comfortable with as long as it does not change very much or too often. Conventional thinkers tend to conform to the general rules that are around them, they seldom dispute these rules, and they prefer to follow others orders. A conventional thinker usually does not attract much attention to themselves and will work hard at ‘staying under the radar’ in order to remain in their own comfort zone. I do have many of the qualities of a conventional thinker. So, I can agree with the results from the LSI survey as they characterize me with the conventional thinking style. Having the personality of someone who does not like to change his daily routine and who prides himself with being able to do exactly what is expected both at home and at work are just two of the behaviors that I exhibit within the conventional style of thinking. These behaviors, along with my own sense of not wanting to challenge others opinions, values, or rules allow me to further accept the LSI results. I also tend to become more and more concerned with what and how other people at my place of employment are performing...
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...strengths and weaknesses knowing that he/she will be dealing with people of all different behaviors. Knowing your strengths and weakness is the key asset to successfully manage an organization. For this purpose Dr. J. Clayton Lafferty developed The Life Style Inventory (LSI) for self-improving purposes for the reasons of increasing a personal and professional effectiveness. The LSI measures 12 specific styles of patterns of thinking that can either help or hinder a person from reaching his or her potential. The 12 styles measured by LSI are organized into three general clusters: Constructive, which includes: achievement, self-actualizing, humanistic-encouraging, and affiliate thinking style. Passive/Defensive, which includes: approval, conventional, dependent, and avoidance thinking styles. Aggressive/Defensive, which includes: oppositional, power, competitive, and perfectionistic thinking styles. After honestly answering 240 questions I received the results that my primary personal style is achievement where I received the highest score of 95%. This style shows the following characteristics: focusing on achieving self-set goals, believes that individual effort counts, commits to make things better, take on challenging tasks and prefer to setting and accomplishing realistic goals rather than goals imposed by others. My secondary personal style is self-actualizing. This style shows the following characteristics: self-respect, receptive to change, strong instincts and intuition and...
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...that theorist is the most important determinants of one’s personality. Personality refers to those characteristics of a person that accounts for consistent patterns of feeling, thinking and behaving (Lawrence A. Pervin, 2005). Due to the multifaceted nature of human beings, no one paradigm or theory can be said to perfectly or correctly explain personality each may focus on particular aspects and neglect other aspects. All the theories however, agree one thing; that people differ from each other as is the case with Natasha and her brother Akeem. This essay examines Natasha’s personality in light of Social Cognitive theory (STC) as posited by Albert Bandura and Walter Mischel, and the Existential theory of Carl Rogers. Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) has its roots in learning theory emphasizing the social origins of behavior, and the importance of cognitive thought processes, in all aspects of human functioning (Pervin & John, 2001). SCT is founded on the thought that humans learn what they observe, whether it be from the consequences of our behaviors or that of others; via direct or vicarious reinforcement or punishment. (B. R Hergenhahn, 2007) The theory identifies human behavior as an interaction of personal factors, behavior, and the environment (Bandura 1986) In other words a person acquires knowledge as his or her environment converges with personal characteristics like thought processes and behavior, and personal experience . Existential-Humanistic theories...
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...paper is to highlight what we believe are some of the most important differences between these two popular instruments. The Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) measures twelve distinct thinking and behavioral styles that are distinguished by their orientations toward task versus people and higher-order needs for satisfaction and growth versus lower order needs for security and safety. The LSI builds on the work of a variety of noteworthy psychologists, including Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, Karen Horney, Timothy Leary, David McClelland, Harry Stack Sullivan, as well as management scholars, such as Fredrick Hertzberg, Douglas McGregor, and Ralph Stodgill. It is designed to provide individuals with an opportunity to identify specific strengths in their thinking and behavior, as well as any “stumbling blocks” that may be standing in their way. As such, the LSI is used to initiate positive changes in how people approach their work and interact with others— changes that can increase both their personal and professional effectiveness. In contrast, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) measures preferences rather than thinking styles. More specifically, it is a system for classifying the ways in which people become aware of, perceive, and judge events. The MBTI is an application of Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types. It is designed to help individuals become acquainted with their own preferences as well as the preferences of others based on the four...
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...factors on how an individual interacts on a daily basis. These ideas can be good or bad but either way it affects how we act towards people and ourselves. In some cases we have to take a step back and analyze the reasons why we act the way we do. There are ways we can do this by writing how we feel down, having someone analyze us, or taking surveys. The LSI survey is a way we can see where we fit in amongst other individuals. This survey helps assess our personality characteristics and other traits according to how we interact in society. I took the survey to see where my personality traits rate with other people. I will go over the results and how a person can learn and change from them. The LSI survey is a circle that is broken in many parts. There are 3 areas that the circle is broken into which are satisfaction needs, task orientation, and security needs. The primary part is the satisfaction needs whereas the backup tells you what causes these traits. When it comes to the scoring of the survey I had my highest in the constructive styles 1, 2, 11, and 12. These help with self-enhancing thinking and behavior that causes satisfaction. Number 1 is the humanistic encouraging The Humanistic-Encouraging scale measures our interest in people, our tendency to care about others, and our ability to encourage them to improve. Humanistic-Encouraging people are accepting of themselves, and accept others for who they are without any issues. I believe I am definitely like this because...
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...in order to live a fulfilling life come from? How do human beings develop the motivation to seek out their desired goals and satisfy those particular needs, and how do they affect personality? Both psychodynamic and humanistic theorist try to understand why humans do what they do, why and how they become motivated during their lifespan. Both theories have their own unique views of how humans act the way they do but more so are distinctly different when it comes to psychology. Humanistic theorist deals with conscious awareness of the inner self, which brings about growth on different levels. According to Maslow one must gravitate through his Hierarchy of needs to reach self-actuality. (Feist, Feist & Roberts, 2013) Maslow believed there is always a way to reach full happiness and contentment with the choices one makes, which is centered on external forces. Maslow’s views were based more on positive growth and believed anyone could reach self-actuality. His humanistic views are encouraging, happy, motivating, uplifting, and optimistic. Psychodynamic theorist like Freud was just the opposite when it came to their views on personality and human development. Freud...
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