Humanistic Psychology

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    • 3 assumptions of humanistic psychology
      1. humans have free will and are active agents- they are able to control and determine their own development
      2. humans strive towards achieving self-actualisation
      3. 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 

      1. empathy
      2. genuineness
      3. 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