Dual-Mask Model
Carl Rogers – 19 Propositions
This article explores Carl Rogers’ 19 propositions of understanding of human behaviour, each proposition is examined, criticisms explored.
Organismic Self
Phenomenological Theory of Personality and Behaviour
Carl Rogers’ phenomenological theory of personality and behaviour forms the core of his person-centred approach, viewing the individual’s subjective “phenomenal field”, as the primary determinant of behaviour and growth.
Core-Self Pruning
The Developmental Truth of Childhood
Almost all children suffer a sustained and often targeted string of traumatic micro, and macro-aggressions, from the moment they are born.
Core-Self Pruning
Dual-Mask Model of Attachment
Our Theory of DNA-Self, includes the concept that, due to a small child’s ability to forget upsetting or uncomfortable moments, adults may well find that they actually have two masks. One will be hidden, and highly automated.
Core-Self Pruning
Core-Self Pruning: How Micro-Aggression Fragments the DNA-Self
The DNA-Self theory proposes that each new-born enters the world with a pre-populated schema network, this is a complete developmental blueprint encoded in genetic material, shaped by prenatal environment, containing latent traits, skills, and associated needs awaiting activation through exploration.
Attachment Theory
The psychological processes of Scapegoating
The interplay between behaviourism and the psychological mechanisms of avoiding personal truths and projecting blame as part of the phenomena we know as scapegoating, is multidimensional, changing from target to target, based on specific triggers and biases, originating from differing attachment needs.
Attachment Theory
Social Control: Scapegoating
Scapegoating is a troubling concept that plays a significant role in social dynamics and psychology. Scapegoating is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and negative treatment.
Behavioural theory
Social Control: The “Broken Record” Society
There is a societal version of the “broken record” phenomenon, where a false narrative is repeated so often that it becomes ingrained, leading to internalized blame and self-doubt.
Mary Ainsworth
Strange Situation Experiment
The Strange Situation experiment, developed by Mary Ainsworth in the late 1960s, revolutionized the study of attachment and laid the foundation for a systematic, observational method to assess the quality of infant-caregiver attachment
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Puppy-dog Syndrome and the Consequences of Avoidant Parents
This article looks into the basic family relationship, as driven by our genetic need for connection, support, nurturing and protection. We then propose a typical dysfunctional scenario, based on parents that are avoidant of that connection. It proposes that this scenario will result in children that will include a scapegoat, who may well develop C-PTSD based Stockholm Syndrome, before they are old enough to verbalise their long-term abuse. It also introduces a new term – Puppy-dog Syndrome, to describe one of the observable behaviours of children that have had this childhood.