Seligman's Self-Talk Appraisal

Seligman’s self-talk appraisal, or the ABCDE’s of positive psychology, is a general guideline to positive self-talk and self-image. The ABCDE’s of positive psychology stand for adversity, beliefs, consequences, dispute, and energy. Carl Roger’s I am vs I should can be loosely described as a fully functional vs. maladjusted theory. Being fully functional means being open, creative, having the will to change, having an internal locus of control, and being free and open to new experiences. In contrast, being maladjusted means that a person is defensive, conforming, and having an external locus of control. Seligman’s ideas preach on positive support, positive self-talk, pervasiveness, and a person’s personal emotional strength. Seligman’s idea of positive self-talk is a process which can be learned. A person must first accept and realize the adversity they are facing. Adversity is a certain difficult that someone could be facing, a person must look at all areas of the situation and can break it down into very specific parts such as who the situation involves, what is happening, and why it is happening. However, only …show more content…
Self-actualization is the realization of potential and having firm grasp on the concepts of the real world. Carl Roger’s theory of being fully functional vs. being maladjusted is very similar to Seligman’s positive self-talk; for each of these ideas it is as if you could not fully functional without having positive self-talk and you could not continue positive self-talk without being fully functional. If a person is maladjusted a person will be defensive, conform to society, be easily manipulated, and be completely external in terms of control. Rogers’ believes that the way we perceive our own situations can impact our self-concepts. When our beliefs in ourselves are positive we can avoid depression and have other capabilities such as openness, support, acceptance, and