Existential-Humanistic Psychology

Question 1

What is existentialism?

Answer 1

• Figuring out our purpose of existence.
• Everybody has got their own path, you can’t plan it for them.
• It’s impossible to know what’s perfect.
• Believing that finding purpose/meaning helps with hard times.

Question 2

What is humanism?

Answer 2

• People are initially good but bad things interfere.
• People need judgment-free environments to be authentic and honest.
• Uniqueness of human beings and their capacity for choice, growth, and psychological health.

Question 3

Name an existential-humanistic philosopher and what his belief was?

Answer 3

Frankl: “There is nothing in the world…that would so effectively help one survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is meaning in one’s life.”

Question 4

Name another existencial-humanistic philosopher and what their belief was?

Answer 4

Sartre: “We do not judge the people we love”.

Question 5

True or false, existential philosophy comes from humanistic philosophy?

Answer 5

False, it’s the other way around.

Question 6

What is the main idea of existential-humanistic psychology?

Answer 6

People need the freedom to find their unique “meaning”.

Question 7

What is Unconditional Positive Regard?

Answer 7

• The way to provide the needed freedom from judgement.
• Acceptance.
• Supproting a person no matter what they say or do.

Question 8

What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs?

Answer 8

Maslow introduced a hierarchy of human needs including physiological, safety, belonging, esteem, and self-actualization which are all needed to achieve the freedom needed for people to find their meaning.

Question 9

Where is self-actualization place on the pyramid?

Answer 9

At the top.