Precious Movie Analysis
"When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic."Rodger has an optimistic view of human nature. People continuously strive to fulfil their potentials. Thus Rodger argues that if the innate potential of this nature is allowed to unfold then the optimal personal development will follow. Firstly this essay will define Rodgers main concepts clearly. Secondly it will relate the concepts to the depiction of Precious’ life story as seen in the film. Lastly it will argue that Precious’ does depict self- actualisation.
The Self- Actualising tendency is defined as the ‘self’ which emerges from the ‘perceptual field’ that expresses one’s ‘self actualising tendency.’ This tendency is an inherent need to grow, survive …show more content…
It represents the inner dynamic of what creates motivation for one’s personality. This perceptional field is conceded with ‘the self.’ The self is an expression of one’s personality that has control over her own life. It is also able to reorganise her perceptual field. Rodgers suggest that even though personality is not fixed and is vulnerable to change, but the vein can be from a standing point which is congruent or incongruent in the perceptual field and the self. Everyone live in a subjective world however you can only know your own world yourself. This then determines your behaviour, it is private reality. This private reality will co-operate to objective reality in different degrees. The self actualising tendency will determine your private reality or subjective world. It is important to note that when an experience enters awareness that it becomes part of your subjective world or phenomenological field.
The ‘self’ has been mentioned continuously above and will continue to do so thus before this essay proceeds this concept needs to be defined. Rodger argues that personality is created from a self that is not directly influenced by social or cultural factors but by the perception of these elements such as one’s perceptual field. Therefore Rodger focus on the person and their world viewed by the person this the concept ‘self’ emerges (Rogers,
The Self- Actualising tendency is defined as the ‘self’ which emerges from the ‘perceptual field’ that expresses one’s ‘self actualising tendency.’ This tendency is an inherent need to grow, survive …show more content…
It represents the inner dynamic of what creates motivation for one’s personality. This perceptional field is conceded with ‘the self.’ The self is an expression of one’s personality that has control over her own life. It is also able to reorganise her perceptual field. Rodgers suggest that even though personality is not fixed and is vulnerable to change, but the vein can be from a standing point which is congruent or incongruent in the perceptual field and the self. Everyone live in a subjective world however you can only know your own world yourself. This then determines your behaviour, it is private reality. This private reality will co-operate to objective reality in different degrees. The self actualising tendency will determine your private reality or subjective world. It is important to note that when an experience enters awareness that it becomes part of your subjective world or phenomenological field.
The ‘self’ has been mentioned continuously above and will continue to do so thus before this essay proceeds this concept needs to be defined. Rodger argues that personality is created from a self that is not directly influenced by social or cultural factors but by the perception of these elements such as one’s perceptual field. Therefore Rodger focus on the person and their world viewed by the person this the concept ‘self’ emerges (Rogers,