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| Topic Started: Feb 4 2011, 12:42 PM (61 Views) | |
| Laraqua | Feb 4 2011, 12:42 PM Post #1 |
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All you need to do is read this and answer the questions below: Psychological strokes of acceptance, recognition, or attention are what give our characters confirmation (or the opposite) of their worth. Strokes can be verbal or non-verbal, and they come in 2 varieties: 1) Unconditional or Conditional Ah. Gets interesting here. Conditional strokes are received for doing something. "I'll like you if/when you act a certain way, achieve a certain goal, make a certain dollar amount." These strokes have to be earned, and are contingent on the person having to make a change in some way. Unconditional strokes are given just for someone being who they are. "I like you no matter what." These strokes don't have to be earned. 2) Positive or Negative Positive strokes (a.k.a. "warm fuzzies" -- I'm serious) say "I like you." They can be non-verbal physical touches, smiles, waves. They can be verbal words of appreciation, love, friendliness. These strokes are necessarily for a person to be psychologically healthy and whole. Negative strokes (a.k.a. "cold pricklies") say "I don't like you." This could be a cold shoulder, walking the other direction when they see you, setting a person up to be made fun of, etc. People want to be recognized and accepted. As children, we test various ways of garnering strokes to see what behaviors or tactics will get us what kind of stroke. We will carry these methods into adulthood. If positive strokes are lacking, people will seek negative strokes, as research has proven that negative strokes are better than no strokes at all. If a person receives no strokes, they can become depressed and will resort to self-damaging and harmful methods to receive recognition. Now for some questions for your characters: 1) What does your character do most often to receive strokes? 2) What kinds of strokes does your character receive? 3) How much of his/her time is spent trying to garner strokes? 4) Who in your character's life give them the strokes they survive on? 5) What kinds of strokes is your character most likely to give? |
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