1. Phenomenological Perspective Humanistic/Existential

2. Basic principles Subjective experience
Personality: process not product
Here and Now focus (ongoing experiencing)
Free Will and Responsibilty vs. Determinism
Search for meaning (Frankel)

3. Fundamental Constructs
The Self
Personal Constructs
Self-actualization

4. Prior influences Allport: individual uniqueness, present, the self
Lewin: “lifespace”, present, fluid reality
behavior = f (Person X Environment)

5. Rogers The Self Human nature is innately positive
OVP (actualizing tendency)
Necesssary conditions:
Acceptance, Empathy, Unconditional Positive Regard
Conditions of worth (Incongruence)

6. Maslow
Heirarchy of Needs
Self-actualization

7. Heirarchy of Needs

8. Kelly
Personal Constructs
Constructive Alternativism
Convenience

9. Assessment
Q-Sort
Semantic Differential
REP Test

10. Positive Psychology emphasis on strength and resilience
striving for happiness

11. Contributions and Limitations
focus on subjective experience
focus on free will & responsibility
focus on present (be here now)
focus on whole & healthy person (positive)
difficult to operationalize
what about pathology and even “evil”
neglect of history and past
bias of self-deception