Rogers's Theory

"The organism has one basic tendency and striving - to actualize, maintain, and enhance the experiencing organism” 

I read over the chapters and read over the many different theories that determine personalities. I came to one theory that caught my attention. A healthy personality is constant with your self image. Rogers believed that humans have one basic motive, that is the tendency to self-actualize. For example, to fulfill one's potential and achieve the highest level of 'human-beingness' we can. Like a flower that will grow to its full potential if the conditions are right, but which is constrained by its environment, so people will flourish and reach their potential if their environment is good enough.

I believe in what Rogers is saying, and i do agree with all that he states in his theory.  A person's personality can be whatever they make it. Everyone has a choice to control the way they live an the way they live their life. People bring up the argument that things can occur that are totally out of our control but I believe it comes back to the fact that people have a choice to make whether it could make the situation better or worse. I always look towards my friends and family when things do not go my way. They always seem to get me through situations.

 

Life is what you create it to be. You create it by the people and the personalities you suround yourself with. The choices you make are what make the difference.