Fully Functioning Person?

I’d like to highlight the three characteristics of the fully functioning person based on Rogers’ theory. First of all, Rogers defines the fully functioning person as “a person who is completely aware of his or her ongoing self” (Farger & Fadiman, 2002, p. 328). In other words, the fully functioning person can be described as a person who continually evolves. The first characteristic is an openness to experience. As Cain (2010) points out, the person who is open to experience tends to take in information produced from within or from the external environment without defensiveness. The second quality is living in the present. The person who is living in the present is likely to directly engage with reality, and his or her self and personality emerges from experience in that moment. The last property is trusting in one’s inner urging and intuitive judgments. According to Rogers’ idea, the person who has self-trust would make a mistake through erroneous information, not erroneous processing or misperceptions (Farger & Fadiman, 2002). Consequently, the person who has the above three characteristics is regarded as the fully functioning person, and the person continues to walk a way to self-actualization.  

Reference

-Personality and Personal Growth
-Person-Centered Psychotherapies