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Two Studies in Self-Directed Change
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Our first assumption is that under proper conditions, proactive forces emerge in individuals, permitting experimentation with'new behavior and striving toward ideals. White Harlow Rogers (1951) and others have convincingly documented the case for the existence of proactive motivation in human beings. Maslow (1954) has suggested that motives for personal growth and self-actualization emerge when lower-order physiological, safety, relatedness, and ego needs are satisfied to a reasonable degree. We assume, therefore, that conditions can be created whereby many individuals will be able to set goals for themselves and will be able to achieve these goals. Under such conditions, we assume that individuals will be able to make increasingly realistic appraisals of their goals and inadequacies, and that they will become motivated to change themselves.
Our first assumption is that under proper conditions, proactive forces emerge in individuals, permitting experimentation with'new behavior and striving toward ideals. White Harlow Rogers (1951) and others have convincingly documented the case for the existence of proactive motivation in human beings. Maslow (1954) has suggested that motives for personal growth and self-actualization emerge when lower-order physiological, safety, relatedness, and ego needs are satisfied to a reasonable degree. We assume, therefore, that conditions can be created whereby many individuals will be able to set goals for themselves and will be able to achieve these goals. Under such conditions, we assume that individuals will be able to make increasingly realistic appraisals of their goals and inadequacies, and that they will become motivated to change themselves.
63 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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