Humanistic Psych Flashcards

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What is humanistic psych?

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The principle that we are born with a desire to be our best selves (self actualization)

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What is the key to understanding people?

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Knowing subjective experiences - they are more important than objective. Learning their subjective experiences help us understand them

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What is our real self?

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How other people see us

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What is our ideal self?

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Who we want to be

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Our mental health gets bad when our real self and ideal self are:

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Incongruent

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What happens when our ideal self and real self become more congruent?

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