To experience the humanistic approach to personality and its emphasis on personal responsibility and free will, first, complete the following exercise: Exercise (include this in your discussion post)

1. Write two sentence "endings" that you believe to be true for the following sentence "beginning":"I have to..."
2. Now, using thesamesentence "endings" from above, replace (and write) the sentence "beginning" with:"I choose to..."

Follow-Up Questions

1. By reframing the "have to's" to "choose to's" the humanistic approach believes we have more control and choice over who we become (and our personality) than we might realize and acknowledge.How is this different from the psychoanalytic and behavioral/social learning (and even biological) approaches to personality?
2. While the humanistic approach emphasizes free will and the ability to choose and grow, through the concept of unconditional positive regard by Carl Rogers (when applied to treating oneself), overall, it conveys a balance of change and growth with self-acceptance (striving to change who we are while also accepting who we are).Provide an example that shows this balance and how it can help individuals with approaching an undesirable aspect of their personality.