Humanistic Approach Flashcards
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Key assumptions of the humanistic approach
Believes people are essentially self determine and have free will
How is rhe approach human centred
Because it believes everyone is unique and should be concerned with social experiences and general laws
Humanistic psychology is also know as
As third force
What did Maslow focus on
What goes right with humans
What did Maslow create
Maslow hierarchy of needs
5 stages of Maslow’s heirachy of needs
Physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, esteem, self-actualisation
What is self actualisation
Desire to become the most that one can be
Examples of esteem from heirachy
Respect, self-esteem, status, recognition
Example of love and belonging in heirachy
Friendship, intimacy, sense of connection
Examples of safety needs in heirachy
Personal security, employment, health, property
Examples of physiological needs in heirachy
Air, water, food, shelter, sleep, clothing and reproduction
What did Carl Rogers state about the importance of self concept
Is the psychological health and personal growth
Self concept
Is the way a person sees the self
Our ideal self
Is the person we want to be
According to Carl Rogers, when do you have good personal growth
When your self concept is realistic and aligned with ideal self, the closer the two, the better out psychological health
According to Carl Rogers, we have 2 important needs, what are they
Unconditioned positive regard from others and feeling of self worth
What is unconditional positive regard
Love - important for developing positive self concepts
How does feelings of self worth develop according to Carl Rogers
Develops through childhood and interactions with family and friends
2things leading to negative feelings of self worth and preventing self actualisation
Congruence, incongruence
Congruence
When self concept and ideal self match with greater similarity linked with increased happiness
Incongruence
If there is a gap between self concept and ideal self there is a feeling of incongruence
Why did roger create client centred therapy
To address individuals problems
What does Rogers client centred therapy aim to do
Give the client more positive self regard
Where does roger suggest health problems are routed from
Routed from childhood with lack of unconditional positive regard such as low self worth and esteem
