Humanistic Theories 4.5b Flashcards
Humanistic perspective
Focuses on the study of conscious experience and the individual’s self-awareness and freedom to choose
Self actualization
The need to live up to one’s fullest and unique potential
Physiological needs
Need to satisfy hunger, thirst, and other survival needs.
Saftey needs
Need to feel that the world is organized and predictable. Need to feel safe, secure, and stable.
Belongingness and love needs
Need to love and be loved, to belong and be accepted; need to avoid loneliness and alienation
Esteem needs
Need for self-esteem, achievement, competence, and independence; need for recognition and respect from others
Self-actualization needs
Need to live up to one’s fullest and unique potential
Self-trancedence
Need for meaning and identity beyond one’s self
Person-centered approach
Creating a growth-promoting social environment of acceptance
Actualizing tendency
The most basic human motive that is the innate drive to maintain and enhance ourselves
Growth-promoting climate
To reach our potential with acceptance, genuineness, and empathy
Positive regard
Conditional and unconditional - sense of being loved
Genuiness
Being open and honest about our feelings
Acceptance
Willingness to accept a person despite their failings or shortcomings
Empathy
Mirror another’s feelings
Conditional positive regard
Person is valued and loved only when he/she behaves in a way that is acceptable to others
Incongruence
A state in which a child’s self-concept conflicts with their own experience
Unconditional positive regard
Total acceptance of another person despite their faults and failings
Real self
How you currently see yourself
Ideal self
The person we’d like to be
Congruence
When your ideal self and real self match
