Humanistic Psychology

Maslow's Self-Actualization Studied

"self-actualizing people" such as Einstein, Thoreau, and others he knew so as to understand human thriving

Humanistic Psychology -Views human beings as

-Views human beings as subjects and not objects

True self:

a core aspect of being, untainted by the demands of others

-Ideal self:

a person's view of what he or she would like to be

Humanistic Psychology --Each person is unique and must be understood

in terms of their own subjective conscious worldview

Humanistic Psychology Often argues that methods borrowed from the natural sciences are inappropriate for studying

people, whose actions reflect the way they understand and experience themselves and the world.

-Empathy:

the capacity to understand another person's experience cognitively and emotionally

-Actualizing tendency:

the primary motivation in humans, which includes a range of needs that humans experience, from the basic needs for food and drink to the needs to be open to experience and express one's true self

Maslow's Self-Actualization Coined the term "Peak Experience" to describe

"transient moments of self-actualization," profound experiences of love, understanding, happiness or transcendence, during which a person feels more whole, alive, connected, etc.

Humanistic Psychology Does not accept the principle of determinism:

, human beings have choice, and with that responsibility

Humanistic Psychology Presumes a non-mechanistic view of human beings :

, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

What Is Humanistic Psychology?

-Focuses on aspects of personality that are distinctly human, such as how to find meaning in life and how to be true to oneself

Rogers' Person-Centered Approach

-Focuses on understanding the individual's phenomenal world, the way individuals conceive of reality and experience themselves and their world

Humanistic Psychology - also known as

The Third Force in Psychology

-False self:

a condition in which people mold themselves to other people's expectations and to the demands of the roles they play

Self-concept:

a person's view of him-or herself

Humanistic Psychology Focuses on the holistic adaptive status and meaning of an organism's behavior :

emphasizes an individual's inherent drive towards self-actualization and creativity

Humanistic Psychology is Interested in a person's everyday life as it occurs in the natural environment :

not in constricted pieces of artificial behavior as they occur in the laboratory

Conditions of worth:

standards children internalize that they must meet in order to be loved and esteem themselves