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Ge1 Lesson 6
Ge1 Lesson 6
General Education 1
Understanding
The
S E L F
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Department of Psychology
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
University of Southern Mindanao
Kabacan, Cotabato
August 2018
LESSON 6:
A.2 Global Versus Differentiated Models
1. Horney
- Idealized self: Feeling alienated from self, they create an idealized self - image (an
extravagantly positive picture of themselves)
- Real Self: self - realization
2. Rogers
- Person-centered theory
- Self-actualizing tendency
1. Congruent – There is
considerable overlap
between real self & ideal
self. There is a close
match or harmony
between the two.
2. Incongruent – There is
little overlapping
between real self & ideal
self. There is mismatch
which lead to anxiety.
The person will become
defensive and use
distortion and denial to
reduce incongruence.
Exercise 1.8
Instruction: Have you ever been in a position when you seem to be too far from
reaching your “ideal self”? Draw symbols to represent your self then (real self) and your
ideal self. At the bottom, briefly discuss how this affected you.