HUMANISTIC Flashcards
Key belief
All beh is a result of self determinism, emphasising the importance of subjective experience
Assumptions
- Believes that people are good and focuses on helping people reach their potential by exploring their uniqueness
- people have free will and are MOTIVATED to reach their full potential through self actualisation
Self actualisation
A concept by which an individual reaches their full potential and a few sure to grow psychologically , become what u are capable of
What is the hierarchy of needs
5 levelled hierarchy , where basic physiological needs must be satisfied before higher psychological needs can be achieved
Name Maslows hierarchy of needs
- Self actualisation
- Esteem
- Social belonging
- Safety needs
- Physiological needs
Client centred therapy
Created by Roger’s.
Referred to those in therapy as clients.
- he used the general approach of counselling and seeing clients as as expert in their own condition.
- he included a person’s self worth , thus reducing level of incoherence between self - concept and ideal self .
What happened to clients in client centred therapy
Clients praised for focusing on current problems and not dwelling on past 1 providing genuineness and empathy and unconditional positive
Free will
Humans make choices and not determined by internal biological and external factors
Self
Ideas and values that characterise “I” and “me” , including perception and valuing ‘what I am’ and what I can do
Congruence
When self concept and ideal self are seen broadly accord / match
Conditions of worth
When parents place limits on their love for their children