Humanistic approach Flashcards
What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
- self actualisation
- self esteem
- love and belonging
- safety
- physiological needs
What is self actualisation?
Reaching your full potential
Who created client centred therapy?
Carl Rogers
What is client centred therapy?
- aims to assist clients in achieving congruence
- Based on the belief that clients are the experts in their own lives
What is congruence?
When the ideal self is very similar to the self concept
What is determinism?
The view that behaviour is shaped or controlled by internal or external forces rather than a person’s will or choice to do something
What is free will?
This is the notion that humans can make choices and are not determined by biological or external forces
What did Maslow believed motivated us?
- Maslow believed humans are motivated by needs beyond those of basic biological survival.
- believed that all humans are innately programmed to strive for personal growth
- Fundamental to human nature is to achieve our full potential
What is incongruence?
When your ideal self is very different to your self concept
What is self esteem?
A measure of how much we value ourselves
What happens if you are incongruent? (esteem)
you have low self esteem
What is conditions of worth?
When people set boundaries on their love
What is conditioned positive regard?
when someone is only valued if they meet certain conditions:
What is Unconditional Positive Regard
(UPR)?
When someone will love you no matter what?
What are the three key elements of client centred therapy?
- Genuineness (congruence)
- empathy
- unconditional positive regard
