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An 8 page comparison of Abraham Maslow’s Holistic Dynamic Theory with the theories of Carl Rogers, Erich Fromm, and George Alexander Kelley. This paper uses a fictional scenario of a recently unemployed man to make comparisons. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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of the more influential psychologists of the twentieth century. A humanistic psychologist, Maslow emphasized human uniqueness. This was especially true in regard to subjective experience and the potential
for personal growth. Maslows Holistic Dynamic Theory is one of his more interesting theories and has found wide application in the field. This theory is particularly interesting when
compared to the theories of Carl Rogers, Erich Fromm, and George Alexander Kelly. Humanistic psychologists like those noted above emphasize human
uniqueness. This emphasis is especially strong in regard to subjective experience and the potential for personal growth. The humanistic perspective contends that environment is critical to our development
and only in the presence of the right environment can we develop to our full potentials. Erich Fromm, for example, contended that factors such as culture and environment rather
than internal factors that acted as unconscious motivators in the genesis of neurosis (Fromm, 2005). Carl Rogers, in turn, is considered
one of the founders of the humanistic theory (Rogers and Kramer, 1995). He not only recognized the importance of environment in shaping our self actualization but also emphasized that
the environment and our interaction with it was constantly changing (Rogers and Kramer, 1995). Our perceptions of the factors that we encounter are critical in forming the structure of
self and we react accordingly (Rogers and Kramer, 1995). We can symbolize our experiences and relate them in some manner to our selves or we can choose to ignore
those experiences or even deny them because they seemingly have no relationship to our concept of self (Rogers and Kramer, 1995). As Kelly would contend, we live in two
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