⭐️ humanistic✅

Question 1

• what does this approach suggest?
• what are ppl affected by and how do they overcome them?
• what are we bc we are active agents?
• whats is this referered to as?

Answer 1

• humans are self determining and have free will
• external and internal influences, overcome this by being active agents who can determine there own development
• all unique so psychology should look into personal experience rather then general principles
• self- centered approach

Question 2

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:

• what did he want to look into? (selsp)
• what did he say we need to do to reach out goals of self-actualisation?

Answer 2

• this hierarchy are needs that motivates our behaviour
• must meet a range of deficiency needs I order to process up the heirachy:

⟹ self - actualisation    (top)
⟹ esteem
⟹ love and belongingness
⟹ safety and security
⟹ psychological needs   (bottom)

Question 3

self actualisation:

• what do people have an innate desire to do?
• what must individuals do on the hierarchy to reach their full potential?
• what does this apply to?

Answer 3

• reach their full potential and be successful
• must meet every stage (deficiency of needs) in order to move up the hierarchy to meet full potential which is self actualisation
• early development when a baby is first focused on physiologcial needs and applies throughout life.

Question 4

self- actualisation:

• what do humanists say about personal growth?
• why wont everyone achieve this?

Answer 4

• say personal growth is an essential part of being human and is concerned with developing and changing as a person to become satisfied and goal orientated.
• due to psychological barriers that prevent them from reaching their full potential

Question 5

the self, congruence and condition of worth:

• what did rogers say needs to happen I order for personal growth to be achieved?
• what happens if the gap between the two selves is too big?

Answer 5

• someones self concept needs to be congruent (equivalent) to their ideal self
• they’ll be a state if incongruence and self - actuation wont be possible due to the negative feelings about them self.

Question 6

the self, congruence and condition of worth:

• what did rogers come up with to reduce the gap of incongruence?
• what does rogers blame the reasoning for a lot of our issues as adults?
• what effects on the child does a parent who sets boundaries on love?
• how did rogers treat this?

Answer 6

• client centred therapy = counselling to help ppl cope with everyday problems.
• feelings such as low self esteem and worthlessness have roots in our childhood due to a lack of unconditional positive regard (love) from parents
• setting conditions of worth such as “I will only love you if…” stores psychological issues for the child in the future
• provided his clients with unconditional positive regard the they didn’t receive as children.

Question 7

AO3:

✅ 2 strengths?

❌ weakness?

Answer 7

✅ not reductionist - rejects attempts to break up behaviour and experience into smaller components. humanistic app. advocate holism (subjective experience can only be understood by considering the whole person

✅ optimistic, positive app. - begins the person backing psychology and free to work to their full potential/ in control of their own lives

❌ culturally biased, the idea of freedom, autonomy and personal growth happens in countries w more individualist tendencies.
however, countries w collectivist tendencies emphasises the need fr working as a group collective. so this app. doesn’t apply universally.