"During his education and career, Porter was exposed to a broad range of influences. In Relationship Awareness Theory, he integrates quite diverse streams of psychological thought. In particular, in his theory Porter acknowledges the purposive behaviorism of Edward Tolman, the empiricism of Kurt Lewin, the client-centered therapy of Carl Rogers and the Neo-Freudian personality theories of Erich Fromm and Karen Horney." The theory itself is founded on four premises:
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