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APPROACHES IN PSYCHOLOGY
Humanistic Psychology
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3
assumptions
of
humanistic
psychology
humans have
free will
and are
active
agents-
they are able to
control
and
determine
their own
development
humans strive towards achieving
self-actualisation
to be psychologically healthy the
perceived
self
and
ideal self
must be
congruent
perceived self
how we see ourselves in
real
life
ideal self
the person we
want
to be
congruence
when there is
similarity
(
small
gap) between a person’s
ideal self
and their
perceived self
incongruence
when there is a
big
difference
(large gap) between a person’s
ideal
self
and their
perceived self
unconditional positive regard
a
parent
loving a
child
no
matter
what
conditions
of
worth
parent placing
limits
or
boundaries
on their
love
of their
children.
eg. ’I will only love you if you study medicine’
leads to
incongruence
experiencing
conditional positive regard
as a child and the parents placing
conditions of worth
on the child
aim of
client-centered
therapy
increase
person’s feelings of
self-worth
and
reduce
incongruence
between
ideal self
and
perceived self
three
traits
a
Rogerian
therapist
must show
empathy
genuineness
unconditional positive regard
what
client-centered
therapy being
non-directive
means
people viewed as
‘clients’
and
experts
of
own
condition.
therapist
acts as a
guide
Maslow’s
hierarchy
of
needs
a
motivational
theory composing a five-tier
model
of
human
needs.
depicted as
hierarchical
levels
within a
pyramid
5
stages
of
Maslow’s
hierarchy
physiological-
>
safety-
>
belongingness
and
love-
>
esteem-
>
self-actualisatiom
self-actualisation
a continual striving for
personal
growth
and
self-fulfilment
deficiency needs
motivate
people when they are
unmet
=
physiological
,
safety,
belongingness
and
love
and
esteem
needs
growth need
self-actualisation
physiological needs
food
,
water
, warmth, rest, sex
safety needs
security
,
safety
belongingness
and
love needs
intimate relationships
,
friends
esteem needs
prestige
and feeling of
accomplishment
self-actualisation
achieving one’s full
potential
, including creative activities