humanistic approach ao1

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Key individuals of humanistic

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Abraham Maslow
Carl Rodgers’

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Basic assumptions of humanistic

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All humans are active agents with free will that are self determining
we strive for self improvement and to be the best version of ourselves
Rejects general laws in scientific method
Attributed importance to individual subjective expirence

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Explain Maslow hireachy of needs

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Deficiency and growth needs that have to be met before a person can self-actualise
Humans strive for self growth and and s’ niemprovement and strive to reach self-actualisation

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Describe self actualisation

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Becoming the best version of yourself reaching your full potential
Every humen has innate need to reach full potential

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Conditions in order for self-actualisation can be met.

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All lower levels must be met first

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Order of levels in Maslow hireachy from the bottom

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Physiological needs, health and safely, love and belong in, esteem and sect actualisation

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What did Carl Rodgers’ believe

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That Freud dealt with sick half of Psychology- importance of individuals strivingfor sect growth

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What is self image and ideal self

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Self image = what we our, now we view ourselves
Ideal self: who we wanna become

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What is congruence

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How the self image and ideal self match’s are similar so how big is the gap between them

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What are conditions of worth

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Boundaries put on love eg: I will only love y you if ou Get good grades

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What is unconditional positive regard

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Fulfilling words + validation no matter what

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Negative regard

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Hearing negative words can lead to low self esteem. Eg getting critics blame

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What is incongurencyand congruency

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Incongurency is large gap between ideal self and self image- person cannot self actualise congurency-small gapbetween selves - person can self actualise

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Who proposed person- entered therapy

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Car I Rodgers’

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What is person entered therapy

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Therapists attempt to reduce gap between serves s increased congruency su person can self actualise by giving them the unconditional positive regard they lacked in their childhood may dissolve the persons conditions of worth, provide empathy and give guidance - allow them to solve their own problems

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What is holism?

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Taking into account the whole behaviours and experiences

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What is reductionist?

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Studying human behaviours by reducing to basic components ‘

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Research supporting Maslow

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Hagerty-1999 - looked @ measures of mallows levels and compared economic growth in 88 countries over 34 years. Countries in early stages of economic focused development on lower needs whilst in countries Iwith high economic growth more focusedon self actualisation level.

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Research supporting Rodgers’

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Harter et al 1996 - udiscovered that teenagers who feel they have to fusil certain conditions to gain parents approval frequently end up + y not liking emselves with a high chance of developing depression