Person centered Flashcards
Humanistic psychology is known as the __ __
third force
Roots of person centered is
existential philosophy
Theist are associated with ___ and atheists with
Kierkegaard
NIetzche
Also influenced by
Adler, Rousseaus, Heidegger
The major difference between existentialism and humanism
humanism assumes people are good
existentialist think that people are neither good nor bad, human nature has no inherent quality
Existentialists and humanist place priority on
the meaning of life and purpose within life
Malsow who started as behaviorist , legitimised ___ ___
humanistic psychology
Humanism’s formal tenants
subjective reality
individual study more revealing than the study of group norms
animal research not reflecting human nature
research should seek to expand and enrich the human experience
Maslow’s hierarchy
self actualization self esteem belonging safety physiological
Other important figures in humanism
Maslow
Buhler
Jourard
Non directive therapy
focused on the behavior of the therapist
Client centered focused
on the processes that occurred in the client, particularly in relation to changes in the self-concept of the client
Person centered
can be seen as an attempt to
consolidate the theory by
-integrating the earlier ideas about the contribution of the counsellor with the later thinking about the processes in the client to arrive at a model of the therapeutic relationship
integrate previous ideas about contribution of counsellor with the processes -> arrive at model of therapeutic relationship
Most widely used approaches in humanistic psychology are the __ and _ _
gestalt
person centered
The basic concepts
the person human nature (nomothetic level and idiographic) Organismic value process Congruence Self-actualizing tendency concept of experiencing
Personhood may be limited or denied by 2
Institutional structures
Oppressive cultural and social practices
Personhood is
ethical claim as human beings inherently deserve dignity and respect without qualification
Nomothetic level
Humans are deeply the same and tend to respond tin similar ways in particular situations
the primary two needs are
need for self-actualization
need of positive regard (being loved and valued)
Organismic valuing process
our innate ability to know what is important and right to us and what is essential for a fulfilling life
Self concept
those attributes or areas of experience about which the person can say “I am . . . .”
over reliances on external evaluation is equiavalent to
continued exposure to conditions of worth
Each person carried a universal ___ and would have a bodily sense of what was __ or ___
Morality
right or wrong
A major aim of this approach is to
Enable the person to move in the direction of their self-defined ideals
