Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Humanistic Approach
- maslow's hierarchy of
needs
- 1. Self actualisation 2.self esteem 3. love and
belongingness 4. safety and security 5. physiological needs
- Self A won't be possible until all
other steps complete
- self congruence
- Rogers said we won't be able to reach self a unless our ideal
self and idea of our actual self are similar
- when they meet each other this is congruence
- can be achieved by ideal self being lowered or idea
of actual self increasing
- made difficult by the conditions of worth we have for
ourselves
- rogers developed client centred therapy (form of
counselling) to help patients achieve congruence
- this therapy gives patients the unconditional positive regard that they lacked from
parents/friend which caused the conditions of woth
- free will
- rogers and maslow reject other approaches
where life is set in stone
- idea that every human has the somewhat ability to control their actions and they
are not heavily determined
- humans are active agents
- self actualisation
- reaching ones true potential, humanistic psychologists believe this
allows one to feel fulfilled and successful and it is a necessary part of life that anyone can achieve
- evaluation
- culture bias
- humanistic psychology was based in America as a reaction
to behaviourism
- it idealises self actualisation which isn't as important in a lot
of eastern culture which are very collectivist
- they strive to help each other and work as a team, individual
achievement is not as important to them
- a humanistic psychologist may say a lot of their culture are not
reaching their full potential and aren't fully developed in their
lives, which could be offensive and looking down on them
- positive approach
- the approach involves people determining they own fate and life rather
than being determined biologically at birth
- applies to everyone and says that everyone can achieve self a regardless of their past
- optimistic compared to others
- lack of objectivity
- self a isn't easily quantified therefore it lacks falsifiability and is hard to measure in a person
- not open to empirical testing so lacks reliability
- not reductionist
- advocates holism and considers whole person
when understanding subjective experience
- more valid as considers behaviour in real world