Summary Of Jerry's Self-Actualization Theory

The following paper will be about juror #3, or rather, Jerry. Jerry is a fascinating individual with a deeply rooted disdain for children. One could imagine that it came from his rough upbringing with his own father that caused him to begin to see kids in much the same way as his father did. Jerry has always had a rough time maintaining social relations due to his narrowmindedness on almost every subject which leads him to have a short temper. Once his mind is focused on one set of beliefs, he seems to maintain the same belief regardless of anything and everything that could prove him wrong. It takes a great deal to break the concrete that he lays every time he has to think about a certain subject matter. This is especially true when it comes to kids. As previously mentioned, Jerry had a rough time growing up as his father never truly demonstrated love in a constructive manner. Misinterpreting the message of a steely …show more content…
Roger’s theory of fully functioning persons is the fully functioning person is the most desirable end result of psychological development and social evolution. Although Jerry has his life together for the most part, he is still missing some grand scale components that would help him to actually achieve actualization. His positive self-regard had been damaged at a young age which made it hard for him to maintain positive regard for others. That was made very evident with his treatment of his own son. In many ways, Jerry is the type of guy that always gets his way either by shouting, bullying, or belittling. He subconsciously maintains a set of conditional values that one must attain in order to receive worth from him, which makes it apparent that his path toward truly coming to terms with himself and the people around him is rough with many forks along the way. Jerry knows about his own demons and simply doesn’t want to confront