Motivation and emotion/Tutorials/Growth psychology/Problems for discussion

Problems for discussion

1. In general, do you think that evil resides in human nature or is it a product of a sick culture?

100% evil = ___ % human nature + ___ % environmental engineering

1. As a parent raising a child who expresses a somewhat socially undesirable temperament, which option would you recommend - Explain/defend your answer:
   1. raise the child in his or her natural temperament or
   2. raise the child to conform to the more socially-desirable temperament?
2. Do you mostly agree or mostly disagree with the following statement by Rogers: Learning does not follow from teaching. Rather, learning follows having one’s interests identified, facilitated, and supported.
3. Explain the following concepts:
   1. growth-seeking and validation-seeking.
   2. Maslow’s distinction between growth and deficiency needs
   3. Rogers’ distinction between congruence and incongruence
   4. Autonomy and control causality orientations
4. Discuss what types of social interactions
   1. support growth-seeking, growth needs, congruence, and an autonomy causality orientation?
   2. lead to validation-seeking, deficiency needs, facades, and a control causality orientation.