Humanistic psychology Flashcards
What is congruence?
When your ideal self and real self are similar
What is incongruence?
When your ideal self and real self are different
What state are most people in?
Incongruence and they uses defence mechanisms to cope with this
What was the response to the realisation Incongruence was common?
Rodger created a client-centred therapy to improve self esteem
What was Rodger’s view?
He said that the problems stemmed from childhood and not receiving unconditional love. Known as conditional worth
Evaluation for the humanistic approach.
Holism
Individual differences
Research support
Evaluation point: Holism
Looks at all the aspects of a person which other approaches fail to do.
Evaluation point: Individual differences
It’s seen as a positive approach, however it ignore people’s capacity for self-destruction, hence ignoring individual differences.
Evaluation point: research support
People who create a false self, pretending to be the sort of person their parents would love are more likely to suffer from depression, supporting conditions of worth
