Self-Determination Theory is composed of observations of correlations between a person’s experiences and behaviors. The theory essentially states that a person is naturally inclined to reach the epitome of their full functioning self, but needs a consistent supply of psychological nutrients throughout all life stages to do so. The full functioning self is a person who can analyze past experiences with both positive and negative aspects in mind and make a willful decision to engage in a specific behavior. The psychological necessities for a person to actualize their self are relatedness, competence, and autonomy. It also seems that when one aspect is nourished it can also facilitate in meeting the other essential human needs. A person needs
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Contrarily, as obvious as the needs may seem to the individual, as a whole, it doesn’t appear that society grasps the widespread ripple effect that is caused when people actualize their full human potential. The concept of relatedness seems the most vulnerable to this fallacy. There are similarities between Moslow’s Theories of Self-Actualization and Bowlby’s Attachment Theory. Self-actualization calls for the basic human need of bonds and attachments to other individuals to feel accepted. Attachment theory discusses how effectively a person can develop these bonds based on past experiences. Moslow said that those who were “secure and strong in their earliest years, tend to remain secure and strong thereafter.” (Otway) Human bonding starts at birth between an individual and their caregiver(s). Thus if the individual receives positive experiences at a young age, they will be more accepting of developing stronger bonds with others in their society. However, when a person encounters negative developmental experiences in this category of psychological nutrition, they are more likely to experience attachment anxiety or avoidance with other individuals later in life, which also demotes the willingness to achieve goals due to lack of moral support from others and from within themselves, leading to the unfulfillment of their feelings …show more content…
By encouraging a child’s natural exploratory behavior and allowing them to have simple but impactful experiences early on in life, they can develop the ability to be more willing to engage in investigative activities, probing interests, forming new relationships and feel inclined to chase dreams and achieve goals later on in life. Early development is the key time to begin the journey of assisting a child to become fully functioning adult who will most likely reciprocate their experiences on others, thus branching their own mental well-being into society or at least throughout their own family or neighborhood groups. This idea of self-transcendence could help facilitate the self-actualization of others, one by
Contrarily, as obvious as the needs may seem to the individual, as a whole, it doesn’t appear that society grasps the widespread ripple effect that is caused when people actualize their full human potential. The concept of relatedness seems the most vulnerable to this fallacy. There are similarities between Moslow’s Theories of Self-Actualization and Bowlby’s Attachment Theory. Self-actualization calls for the basic human need of bonds and attachments to other individuals to feel accepted. Attachment theory discusses how effectively a person can develop these bonds based on past experiences. Moslow said that those who were “secure and strong in their earliest years, tend to remain secure and strong thereafter.” (Otway) Human bonding starts at birth between an individual and their caregiver(s). Thus if the individual receives positive experiences at a young age, they will be more accepting of developing stronger bonds with others in their society. However, when a person encounters negative developmental experiences in this category of psychological nutrition, they are more likely to experience attachment anxiety or avoidance with other individuals later in life, which also demotes the willingness to achieve goals due to lack of moral support from others and from within themselves, leading to the unfulfillment of their feelings …show more content…
By encouraging a child’s natural exploratory behavior and allowing them to have simple but impactful experiences early on in life, they can develop the ability to be more willing to engage in investigative activities, probing interests, forming new relationships and feel inclined to chase dreams and achieve goals later on in life. Early development is the key time to begin the journey of assisting a child to become fully functioning adult who will most likely reciprocate their experiences on others, thus branching their own mental well-being into society or at least throughout their own family or neighborhood groups. This idea of self-transcendence could help facilitate the self-actualization of others, one by