Humanistic Ap. Flashcards
How did the behaviourists criticise Abraham Maslow’s Humanistic approach?
The behaviourists said that:
• Psychology must follow the scientific method
• It is not possible to apply the scientific method to humanistic psychology
Basic needs include?
Maslow believed the basic needs are: physiological needs and safety needs.
What are conditions of worth?
Conditions of worth are what we think we need to change about ourselves to have self worth.
The main feature of humanistic counselling is..
The main feature of humanistic counselling is
unconditional positive regard
How did Maslow’s attitude help his humanistic patients?
Maslow treated his clients with unconditional positive regard, this removes a client’s conditions of worth, allowing them to achieve congruence.
What are the different ideas the humanistic psychologists had about achieving self-actualisation?
For Rogers, self-actualisation is achieving congruence, by having no conditions of worth.
For Maslow, self-actualisation is fulfilling the highest level of his hierarchy of needs.
Why did Maslow not like behaviourist psychology?
Maslow did not like behaviourism because:
• it focused on animal research
• they assumed people are the same
• they rejected the idea of free will
Why is the humanistic approach very different from other approaches that followed behaviourism?
Humanistic psychology rejects the scientific method, whereas the other approaches accept and use scientific methods.
Why is free will a strength in the humanistic approach?
Because the notion of free will matches our subjective experience of life.
Because it allows us to improve and achieve self-actualisation.
Why do other approaches not see free will as a strength?
Free will isn’t a strength, because subjective experience is not important. Psychology should focus on scientific explanations of behaviour.
What is the main difference between the Humanistic approach and the other approaches?
The humanistic approach says psychology must focus on Subjective experience.
Whereas, the other approaches say psychology should focus on scientific explanations of behaviour.
What 3 things does Humanistic counselling involve?
Humanistic counselling involves:
• unconditional postive regard
• achieving congruence between the self-image and ideal-self
• removing conditions of worth
What are the strengths of the humanistic approach?
Assumes free will, matches subjective experience, allows us to improve and achieve self-actualisation.
A major strength of the humanistic approach is the applications of client-centred or humanistic therapy, which emphasises the client’s free will and subjective experience.
What therapy did Rogers develop?
Carl Rogers invented client-centred therapy
How are ideas from the humanistic approach used on other approaches?
Ideas from the humanistic approach are also used in cognitive behavioural therapy today
