Changing the way you learn

Question	Answer
Actualizing Tendency	the driving force in everyone's life (motivation)
Organismic Valuing Process	experiences that satisfy the actualizing tendency make the person feel better about themselves
Phenomenological Reality	how people interpret things is the only reality
Emergence of the Self	a person can reflect on himself as a distinct object of which he is aware. emerges as a child.
Conditions of Worth	develop when unconditional positive regard is not present
Incongruency	exists when people no longer use their organismic valuing process, actions become incongruent with actualizing tendency
Real self v. ideal self	who you are and how you act, how you wish you were in an ideal setting
Q-sort Technique	choose statements that describe them from 100 cards; identifies self and ideal self
criticisms	refused to credit theorists that influenced his theory, simplistic approach, important parts of personality ignored or denied

Carl Rogers

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