Approaches-humanistic approach Flashcards

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Assumptions of Humanistic Approach

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Free Will
Self, congruence and condition of worth

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What is free will?

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People are active agents who can determine their own development

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‘Self’ term means?

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They way they see themselves, who they are

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Explain congruence

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Is when the ‘self’ and the ‘ideal self’ of a person has little gap, they will experience congruence where they will achieve self-actualisation.

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Explain conditions of worth

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When your parents, or a person sets boundaries on the love they give

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Self-actualisation meaning?

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The desire to become the best versions of ourselves, through personal & psychological growth

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What is Client centred therapy (CCT), what is the purpose of it. What will they do in CCT?

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A type of counselling aims to reduce the gap between ‘self’ & ‘ideal self’ and experiencing congruence. Therapists will give patients unconditional positive regards, which is what they might lack in childhood.

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs.

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Psychological needs –> safety needs –> Belonging and love needs –> esteem needs –> self-actualisation

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3 Evaluation points of the Humanistic approach

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Not Reductionist - Strength
Untestable and subjective concepts
Positive approach

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Explain evaluation point: Not reductionist

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*Humanist app reject breaking up behaviour and experience into smaller components
+Behaviourists explain human & animal in stimulus
+Freud described human personality as conflict between 3 things: Id,ego,superego
+Cognitive sees humans as ‘machines’
=>Humanist app advocates holism, subjective experience can only be understood by considering the whole person
–> This approach has more validity

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Explain evaluation point: Untestable and subjective concepts

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*Humanism suffers from lack of evidence and cannot be measured
+Lack empirical evidence & no possibility to systemically observe & measure the processes
+Concepts maybe useful to therapy but cannot be assessed under experimental conditions
+Rogers did attempt to help by Q-sort, an objective measurement for humanist app but failed.
=> Humanist app can only be useful under specific conditions like in therapy. Cannot be measured and untestable

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