What Does It Mean To Say That Katherine Had Seen Her Ideal Self
Case Study 19
Application Questions
1. Katherine had seen her ideal self as a happily married woman, with children, and her own business. In reality Katherine was married, but not happily. She was unable to have children, and her husband would not allow her to have a carrier or go to school. Rodger would say that Katherine’s mental health is not good. The ideal-self and the actual self are incongruent causing a problem (Schultz & Schultz, 2013).
2. It seems from her extreme positive outlook on life while in high school; Katherine may have been raised with a positive regard. This positive-regard was removed once she was married, and in turn her positive self-regard was removed as well. That loss, coupled with the low self-worth brought …show more content…
It is possible that Katherine had a picture of her ideal self that was not completely based on reality. This relates to the theories of Horney. Katherine stated she wanted to be the woman who had it all, which is not always realistic. She sees her current self-image as so undesirable (Schultz & Schultz, 2013), and believes having a career and children would make her life perfect. As Horney states, people who believe this way are doomed to fail because they can never live up to a self image which is unrealistic (Schultz & Schultz, 2013). Katherine tried and failed to have kids, but once she found her calling as a small business owner she realized you do not need a marriage, career, and children to have a good …show more content…
In Bandura concept of self-reinforcement, it shows that Katherine punished herself for not meeting her life’s expectations. She did this with shame, guilt, and depression (Schultz & Schultz, 2013). She was ashamed to go to the high school reunion because of her failors and went into a depressed state. Roger’s sees the failor of expectations (ideal-self) as creating an incongruence and a reduction in mental health. Bandura sees this failure as a reduction in self-efficiency and leading to helplessness (Schultz & Schultz, 2013).
3. The basic need in Roger’s theory is positive regard, both from ourselves and from others. This need is similar to Maslow’s needs for belongingness and love but mostly it is similar to esteem needs, which come from self and others. These needs are also similar to Fromm’s need for relatedness. Fromm and Maslow include a list of other needs that are not involved in Roger’s theory. Creativity is a need in Fromm’s theory, which does not really show up in the other two’s ideas of human needs. Although all three theorists are ultimately talking about the final need of self-actualization, life’s ultimate
Application Questions
1. Katherine had seen her ideal self as a happily married woman, with children, and her own business. In reality Katherine was married, but not happily. She was unable to have children, and her husband would not allow her to have a carrier or go to school. Rodger would say that Katherine’s mental health is not good. The ideal-self and the actual self are incongruent causing a problem (Schultz & Schultz, 2013).
2. It seems from her extreme positive outlook on life while in high school; Katherine may have been raised with a positive regard. This positive-regard was removed once she was married, and in turn her positive self-regard was removed as well. That loss, coupled with the low self-worth brought …show more content…
It is possible that Katherine had a picture of her ideal self that was not completely based on reality. This relates to the theories of Horney. Katherine stated she wanted to be the woman who had it all, which is not always realistic. She sees her current self-image as so undesirable (Schultz & Schultz, 2013), and believes having a career and children would make her life perfect. As Horney states, people who believe this way are doomed to fail because they can never live up to a self image which is unrealistic (Schultz & Schultz, 2013). Katherine tried and failed to have kids, but once she found her calling as a small business owner she realized you do not need a marriage, career, and children to have a good …show more content…
In Bandura concept of self-reinforcement, it shows that Katherine punished herself for not meeting her life’s expectations. She did this with shame, guilt, and depression (Schultz & Schultz, 2013). She was ashamed to go to the high school reunion because of her failors and went into a depressed state. Roger’s sees the failor of expectations (ideal-self) as creating an incongruence and a reduction in mental health. Bandura sees this failure as a reduction in self-efficiency and leading to helplessness (Schultz & Schultz, 2013).
3. The basic need in Roger’s theory is positive regard, both from ourselves and from others. This need is similar to Maslow’s needs for belongingness and love but mostly it is similar to esteem needs, which come from self and others. These needs are also similar to Fromm’s need for relatedness. Fromm and Maslow include a list of other needs that are not involved in Roger’s theory. Creativity is a need in Fromm’s theory, which does not really show up in the other two’s ideas of human needs. Although all three theorists are ultimately talking about the final need of self-actualization, life’s ultimate