Humanistic Approach

Humanistic

The belief that human beings are born with the desire to grow, create and love, as well as direct out own lives.

Conditions of worth

Conditions an individual feels they have to fulfil- in behaviour or development- to earn positive regard from significant others.

Self

Our personal identity, also called 'self-image' and 'self-concept'

Self-acutalisation

Rogers used this term to mean the drive to realise one's true potential. Maslow used it to describe the final stage of the hierachy of needs.

Congruence

When there is a similarity between a person's self-image and ideal self

Humanistic psychology is different because it focuses on ___________ _________ rather than behaviour

conscious experience

Humanistic psychology is deterministic or freewill?

Freewill

It was developed by

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

What is free will?

Having full conscious control over our own destiny

What does the humanistic approach believe about biological and societal influences, if we have free will?

They still exist and still affect us- but we have significant choice even in those constraints

What is the hierachy of needs?

The motivational theory that Maslow proposed, often displayed as a pyramid. The needs get less basic as it goes upwards.

The hierachy of needs emphasised the...

importance of fulfilment in a human

What doors were opened by the hierachy of needs?

Different types of psychology were developed e.g. positive psychology

People who achieve self-actualisation have a series of similar characteristics. These are:

- creative
- accepting of people around them
- having an accurate perception of the world around them

What are the levels of the hierachy of needs (basic --> less basic)

- physiological
- safety
- love/belonging
- esteem
- self-actualisaton

Our two basic needs are...

positive regard
feelings of self-worth

How is self-worth developed?

In childhood by the child's interactions with their parents

Rogers believed that our psychological health was controlled by...

our self-worth

The greater congruence, the greater...

our self-worth and psychological health

Humanistic approach research methods

Humanism rejects scientific methodology like experiments and typically uses qualitative research methods. For example, diary accounts, open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews and unstructured observations.