A Meeting of Giants

Imagine that you be a participant in a panel discussion with Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers, Albert Bandura, and Albert Ellis.The discussion is facilitated by a moderator who asks questions for each of you to coiffe according to your different theories of soulfulnessality development and change. How would you and each of the other four panel members answer the following questions? (Note Construct the answers for the other panel members based on your understanding of their theories. Your own answers bequeath reflect your personal opinions and beliefs, and may include bits and pieces of other theories).The panel was finally assembled on that wet cold day in December. I was feeling a bit sheepish to be in the company of such abundant scholars. Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers, Albert Bandura, and Albert Ellis were mighty powerful company for me to lock wits with. However, I believed that my opinion was just as important and plausible as in that respect own. I was just reaching for my water glass when the moderator called us to put up and begin immediately with the first question.Question 1How would you explain the differences in persons regarding their reactions to authority? Why do some persons have the appearance _or_ semblance to follow all the rules of others, while other persons appear intent on living by their own sets of rules?Dr. FreudThe human beingness is essentially a sophisticated heartiness system. That energy is channeled, flows, or is blocked by a number or different behaviors. The goal of all these behaviors is of course pleasure. Energy will always find the path of least resistance that leads to pleasure.When this energy is constrained or rerouted by societal demands, such as rules and taboos, that energy must be vented in some way. Some individuals are much apt at releasing this energy in a positive manner, while others are more confounded by it.Some individuals forfeit there pursuance of pleasure and lead guilt ridden and often miserable live s although they appear to be socially compliant. Others allow their natural propensity to pursue pleasure to guide their lives and are normally much happier, although society may feel they are living by their own rules.Dr. RogersI beg to disagree with what my colleague Dr. Freud has stated. His theories are often rooted in sexual drives and motivations. However, the greatest human drive is the single goal towards self-actualization. It is not necessary to postulate on which particular pleasure commandment an individual is seeking to understand why they buck authority.Those individuals that resist authority have simply grown from a less complex being into a more complex one. The less complex we are, the more authority we may feel we need.As an individual matures and develops, they become more complex and may seek to tell the bond of authority for a greater life experience. Those who go along with the status quo perhaps see their lives in the light that they have achieved what they can and there is no need to push further. We all simply seek to maintain and improve who we believe we are and the live experience in general. (Pervin, Cervon, & Oliver, 2005)Dr. BanduraSelf-efficacy has a great affect in self-development, perseverance in the face of resistance, resilience to trauma, and decision choices at crucial junctures in life. The rejection of authority is no greater than it is seen among adolescents and young adults.The dexterity to control and regulate self-efficacy is core to the ability to self-manage ones motivations, desires, and responses. Beliefs of personal efficacy are what cause an individual to adopt certain self regulatory standards (Bandura, Caprara, Barbaranelli, Gerbino, & Pastorelli, 2003) If a person believes that they are useful in society they are apt to be more law abiding and compliant of authority (Bandura et al., 2003). When other individuals feel as if their self-worth is low they are less believably to respect authority and will li ve as they see fit because of their standing in society. (Pervin et al., 2005)Dr. EllisSelf-evaluation leads to depression and repression, and dodging of change. The best thing for human health is that we should stop evaluating ourselves altogether. There is often concern for individuals because of their self image and societal pressures.These two are more likely to be in agreement than in conflict. The key is to see behaviors for what they are. Is there anyone who likes authority? Of course not we all have some disagreement with being told what to do by someone else. However true this may be it is not the authority that causes problems for most individuals it is the irrational beliefs that adherence or rejection of this authority will lead to some dire consequence.This in itself may cause individuals to have one reaction or the other to the rule makers. Some may aim total compliance in hopes that life remains stable, or what appears to be total anarchy and disrespect for any auth ority because it has no affect.