Theories of Personality

Maslow Learning Goals

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

  1. discuss the concept of humanistic biology in relation to self-actualization.
  2. name the basic needs and list them in order of their potency to control the individual's perceptions of the world.
  3. name the growth needs and explain the ways in which they are different from the basic needs.
  4. list the characteristics of self-actualizing people.
  5. understand Maslow's theory of therapy.

Rogers' Learning Goals

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

  1. explain why Rogers believes that the person's experiences are the ultimate authority.
  2. discuss how the person's organismic valuing process is used as a criterion in making judgments about the worth of any experience.
  3. define conditions of worth and unconditional positive regard and explain how each one operates in the self-realization process.
  4. describe the characteristics of fully functioning individuals.
  5. describe the therapeutic conditions that facilitate growth.