Humanistic approach

• What are the main assumptions of the humanist approach?

  • Everyone sees the world in a unique way
  • We all have a drive to self-actualise
  • We all have free will
• What is self-actualisation?

  Reaching our fullest potential
• What is the 4 things we all need to have to self-actualise?

  • Positive self-regard: a positive view of oneself
  • Unconditional positive regard: feeling valued by others without changing
  • No conditions of worth: don’t feel like they must act a certain way to be loved
  • Lack of incongruity: difference between real and ideal self is small
• Who said we needed the 4 things to self-actualise?

  Carl Rodgers
• Who came up with the hierarchy of needs?

  Maslow
• What are the levels in the hierarchy of needs?

  Physiological

  Safety

  Belonging

  Esteem

  Self-actualisation
• What is councelling?

  An application of the humanistic approach

  The client is encouraged to develop into their positive self by doing tasks
• What are the strengths of the psychodynamic approach?

  • Emphasises choice
  • Considers subjective experience
  • Values personal ideas
  • Applications - councilling
  • Holistic
• What are some limitations of the humanist approach?

  • Less impactful on mainstream psychology
  • Uses qualitative techniques so less scientific
  • Self-actualisation is subjective so unfalsifiable
  • Ethnocentric, assumed to be valid everywhere