The Humanistic Approach Flashcards

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Humanistic psychology

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An approach to understanding behaviour that emphasises the importance of subjective experience and personal capacity for self determination

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Free will

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The notion that humans can make choices and are not determined by internal biological or external forces

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Self actualisation

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The desire to grow psychologically and fulfil one’s full potential- becoming what you are capable of

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What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs?

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A 5 levelled hierarchical sequence where physiological needs like food must be satisfied before higher psychological ones like self actualisation can be achieved

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The order of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Physiological needs => Safety + Security => Love/Belonging => Esteem => self actualisation

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Self

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The ideas and values that an individual has about themselves

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Congruence

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The aim of Rogerian therapy - when the self-concept and ideal self are seen to broadly accord or match

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Conditions of worth

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When a parent places limits or boundaries on their love for their children
E.g. I will only love you if you study this degree

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How we solve incongruence - client centred therapy

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Aims to help ppl cope with issues of everyday living

Argued a lot of problems adults experience (low self esteem and worthlessness) can be linked to lack of unconditional positive regard

Should be provided in therapy to make up for it

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Application to Psychological Conditions (S)

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Rogers techniques are practiced widely in the US and UK in clinical settings and in education health and social work

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Counter to Application to Psychological Conditions (L)

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Only really effective when applied to “milder” conditions like depression and anxiety and not psychosis for example

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Lack of reductionism (S)

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Likely only approach that doesn’t reduce behaviour to model or theory
like bio or behaviourist

Advocates for holistic view - we can only understand someone’s subjective experience by understanding them as a whole

THUS may have more validity than its alternatives by considering real world context

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Counter to Lack of Reductionism

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Reductionist approaches may be more scientific as they can be experimented with IV and DV

There are few concepts that can be measured
THUS lacks empirical evidence to support claims

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Positive Approach (S)

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Promotes positive images of human condition => all are good and free to work to achieving potential and control of their lives

Opposes Freud’s idea we exist between “common unhappiness + absolute despair”

SUGGESTS a more optimistic alternative to their approaches

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Western Cultural Bias

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Ideas of individual freedom, autonomy and personal growth are more associated with individualist cultures

Collectivist cultures emphasises group needs community and interdependence => may not identify with humanistic view

SUGGESTS can’t be used universally and is a product of cultural context

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AO3 Extra: Limited Application?

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Critics argue approach has little impact on psychology and practical use compared to behaviourist and biological - not comprehensive theory

However - Rogerian therapy revolutionised counselling techniques and hierarchy is used to explain motivation