Human Potential Is A Concept That Was Introduced By Early Personality Theorists

It is said by many in the psychological fields that self-actualization can only come from within, and this is accepted as folk wisdom by society at large. You can’t run away from yourself is a common axiom. We all intuitively understand that the keys to self-actualization and self-improvement don’t lie with more money or a new home in a new location, but in consistent self-improvement driven by humility and appreciation. Having said that, we must understand that environment and tools available for ones disposal nonetheless retain a role in self-actualization; after all, lest an individual be left in a dark hole in the ground, no amount of internal progress can make him into a self-actualized, productive member of society.

5. Self-actualisation – the need for personal fulfilment and the need to grow and develop.

To help individuals attend completeness or wholeness and be independence to perform daily activities ( Meleis, p 164, 2012)

Psychological empowerment, according to Zimmerman (1995, p. 590), has three major components that “merge to form a picture of a person who believes that he or she has the capability to influence a given context [intrapersonal component], understands how the system works in that context [interactional component], and engages in behaviours to exert control in the context” [behavioural component], which exemplify development of consciousness.

This essay will demonstrate my understanding of developments which occur at each stage of an individual's life cycle. I will relate these developments to two relevant psychological theories and discuss how an individual's needs must be met to enable them to develop.

Most of us live our life without truly living. We follow the path handed down from generations of social conformity. We are taught to aspire to a marriage, house full of descendants, and stable job that supports the aforementioned. Besides the majority leading a constraining lifestyle, there are few who sincerely enjoy their lives and celebrate their individuality. The renowned psychologist Abraham Maslow discusses that people live a fulfilling life because of self-actualization in his study “Self-Actualization and Beyond” in 1967. He notes that with self-awareness, a person “comes to know what [their] destiny is, who [their] wife or husband will be, what [their] mission in life will be” (Maslow 440). In the cases of those who aren’t aware

self will have achieve their basic fulfilment and sets individual goals and how there life will be

At the same time, we have a need for positive self-regard - to develop a sense of trust in the accuracy and reliability of our own inner experienced, it is on this we must depend if we are to become independent from and able to make good decisions about life and how we are to be in it.

The Human Potential Movement was a time when thinkers began realizing that people naturally want to develop and naturally orient to human fulfillment, self-actualization and becoming their best self. Jessica Grogan, cultural historian and author, explores the humanistic psychology movement and traces how humanistic psychology continues to define the way

Self-actualization refers to the desire to achieve one’s greatest potential or as Maslow writes “what a man can be, he must be” (Maslow). Abraham Maslow, a researcher and a pioneer in the field of psychology, strongly believed that people can control their own behavior and have the abilities to reach their full potential. Maslow is perhaps best known for his “Hierarchy of Needs” that culminates in self-actualization. This hierarchy begins with so-called “basic needs” - psychological, safety, social, and esteem - and concludes with the “growth need”. Among other characteristics, Maslow describes self-actualized people as highly creative, independent, genuine individuals who are resistant to enculturation and accept themselves for who

The humanistic perspective on personality deals exclusively with human behavior. Humanistic psychologists believe that human nature includes a natural drive towards personal growth, that humans have the freedom to choose what they do regardless of environmental factors, and humans are mostly conscious beings and are not controlled by unconscious needs and conflicts. They also believe that a person's subjective view of the world is more important than objective reality. Two of the humanistic theorists that have made an impact of humanism are Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.

Theorists have invested years of research into learning the dynamics of one’s personality. Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories offered perspectives that have proved to be valuable to those researching and exploring how one’s personality develops and expands throughout life. From Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to Carl Rogers’s development of the formative tendency and the actualizing tendency, the range of perspectives is diverse. In this paper, we will analyze how humanistic and existential theories affect individual personalities and give explanation to how these

British American writer Aldous Huxley termed “human potentialities”, as a means for the human body and consciousness tapping into mind and energy abilities that hasn’t been reached yet. Huxley has stated that consciousness is filtered and diminish by the brain instead of producing (Kripal, 2011). What does Huxley perception of “human potentialities” mean exactly?

It was no surprise to me that the results from the General Causality questionnaire indicated that my orientation is autonomy. The same can be said for the Basic Need Satisfaction at Work Questionnaire which indicated that my intrinsic needs are not being met in my current employment circumstances. My results showed an average score of 4.8 which was just above the “somewhat true” rating between “not at all true” and “very true”. As an outcome of the questionnaire, I recognize that my dissatisfaction at work is primarily due to my personal perspective on self-determination, or the process by which I can control my work day. All three basic needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) are currently not being met due to the limitations of my current position. Let’s explore this notion in further detail and review my plan of action.

In this paper I will be primarily focusing on why I think understanding ones potential is an essential aspect through a discussion of my personal experience. The experience that I will be sharing in this paper is during my internship with Blackberry and these memories are very close to my heart and I respect each and every bit of it. Blackberry showed me my potential and motivated me towards hard work.