H/E/T Theory

Question 1

Holism

Answer 1

Not reductionism- examining the whole of our experience rather than the pieces

Question 2

Purpose/Self-Determination

Answer 2

Not determinism- less focus on cause and effect and more emphasis on freedom of choice, how we make meaning, and deal with what we can not change

Question 3

Process

Answer 3

Not outcome- life is a process rather than outcome or event; being is not fixed but an unfolding process in which we make meaning and experience

Question 4

What “force” is humanistic psychology?

Answer 4

“Third force”

Question 5

Who are the key figures in humanistic psychology?

Answer 5

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Question 6

What does humanistic mean?

Answer 6

humanistic psychologies focus on humanness, the experience of being human in each moment ; focuses on growth, filling human potential, and improving well being rather than focusing on dysfunction and pathology; process rather than a destination

Question 7

What is potential?

Answer 7

innate tendency in all of us toward wholeness, growth, and flow

Question 8

What is part of the Rogerian Concepts?

Answer 8

the process of potential or becoming a “fully functioning person”, congruence, and unconditional positive regard

Question 9

What are the characteristics of a “Fully Functioning Person”?

Answer 9

openness, presence, prizing and trusting of feelings, creativity, fulfillment

Question 10

Openness

Answer 10

being open to experience; turning towards new experiences rather than closing off to only what is known of comfortable

Question 11

Presence

Answer 11

being here and now; experiencing of the present moment as opposed to being caught up in worries of the future or regrets of the part which remove us from being able to fully experience where we are

Question 12

Prizing and Trusting of Feelings

Answer 12

allowing feelings and emotions to emerge without judgement; trusting the process of emotions means the individual can experience these emotions in moment, name those feelings, and meet them without judgement

Question 13

Creativity

Answer 13

not necessarily to do or make something, but is instead a way of being that allows life to live

Question 14

Fulfillment

Answer 14

the fulfillment that occurs when we are able to be present to the various circumstances of life-not in relation to the external achievements of material possessions

Question 15

Congruence

Answer 15

correspondence between the ideal self and the real self (or the private self and the public self); takes less energy and leads to a feeling of freedom to be

Question 16

Unconditional Positive Regard

Answer 16

accepting the self or another exactly as they are without judging or trying to change them; seeing them where they are; holding space’ non-judgemental acceptance; as apposed to conditions of worth (conditional acceptance)

Question 17

What are the concepts of Maslow?

Answer 17

self-actualization, hierarchy of needs, and peak experiences

Question 18

Self-Actualization

Answer 18

the ability to be real and present in our lives; happens in the here and now; innate tendency

Question 19

Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 19

typically displayed as a pyramid, but Kunkel notes that it can be misleading; self-actualization is a process not a destination; self actualizing tendency may be towards needs that are physiological, safety, belonging, or esteem at different times in our lives

Question 20

What are the three characteristics of self-actualizing process?

Answer 20

creativity increases, middle way, peak experiences

Question 21

Middle Way

Answer 21

moving from binary thinking (either/or; all or nothing) to a both/and way of being

Question 22

Peak Experiences

Answer 22

moments of being positioned above and apart from what is ordinary that allows us to transcend what happens below- new perspectives (peak, peek, pique)

Question 23

Extrinsic Motivation

Answer 23

those things that pull us from the outside (financial achievement, external success etc)

Question 24

Intrinsic Motivation

Answer 24

behavior driven by internal rewards; arises from within the individual because it is enjoyable or interesting to you

Question 25

What are the foundations of existential psychology?

Answer 25

meaning-making and authenticity

Question 26

Meaning-Making

Answer 26

we create our own meaning in our lives rather than inherit meaning or take others meanings or values

Question 27

Authenticity

Answer 27

1) to live meaningfully in and through what is given about human experience 2) to take up the task of being free and responsible in ways that allow us to affirm and own our lives in true and unusual self-aware ways

Question 28

Existentialia

Answer 28

givens of existence; things that we all face and cannot change- body, time (death), others (isolation), freedom and responsibility