Humanistic approach

• Assumptions of humanistic

  Idiographic (study people not population).

  people have free will and motivated to achieve potential.

  reject dehumanising approaches
• Maslows hierarchy of needs: what


  Describes what motivates behavious, some needs more important. most basic needs at bottom, once fulfilled next level motivates us and so on
• Maslows hierarchy of needs: order


  (Bottom to top) physical needs: breathing, sleep.

  safety: security of health, property

  social: love, friendship

  esteem: confidence, achievement

  self actualisation: (desire to achieve full potential) creativity, morality
• Congruency


  Developed by Rogers.

  congruence is reality and ideal self are similar, rare,

  incongruence is reality and ideal self are dissimilar
• Conditions of worth: what


  People think they are only loved with certain conditions like passing exams. Creates incongruency
• Person centred therapy: what


  Counselling to close congruency gap, cope with life. Provide unconditional positive regard they didn’t get in childhood
• Strength of humanistic approach

  Not reductionalist. Holism, idea of considering whole person. More valid as includes life context.
• One weakness of humanistic approach

  Not scientific. Holism, not much can be scientifically measured
• One more weakness of humanistic approach

  Culturally biased. Collectivist east consider self actualisation less Important than individualist West. Not universal