"We have a natural drive toward health;
just as a plant, given sunshine, water and proper care will reach its natural maturity,
so will humans reach theirs, absent harsh and punitive treatment."
---- Carl R. Rogers ----
just as a plant, given sunshine, water and proper care will reach its natural maturity,
so will humans reach theirs, absent harsh and punitive treatment."
---- Carl R. Rogers ----
Working Definition (my own words)
Humanism is a practice within psychology that recognizes that humans are unique and studies the whole person.
Humanistic Psychology - Encyclopedia Brittanica
Significant People
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
Significant Studies/Experiments
Significant Theories/Ideas
Abraham Maslow
A. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Pyramid - bottom to top - bottom is most important to meet first
a. Physiological
b. Safety
c. Love Belonging
d. Esteem
e. Self-Actualization
Carl Rogers
A. Self-Actualization - "to fulfill one's potential and achieve the highest level of "human-beingness' we can."
B. The Fully Functioning Person
1. Open to Experience
2. Existential living
3. Trust feelings
4. Creativity
5. Fulfilled life
C. Self-Concept's 3 Components
1. Self-Worth
2. Self-Image
3. Ideal-Self
Video Notes
Abraham Maslow's Contribution to the Humanistic Movement in Psychology
Notes -
How does the Humanistic School of Thought in Psychology explain why I am who I am?
Evaluating who I am through the scope of humanistic psychology, I would have to look at my environment growing up and the idea of self that this environment instilled in me. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, I always had my physiological, safety, love/belonging and esteem needs met in order for myself to grow and be able to self-actualize. Because of the environment of growing up in a home with two parents, loving siblings, being able to pursue what I wanted athletically and academically, positive relationships with friends, these things have allowed me to develop a positive self-image and self-worth according to Carl Rogers. I can identify with the tenets of a Fully Functioning Person which says a lot again about the conditions of my upbringing.
Because of these things the image that I selected is my parents. These two made sure to love my unconditionally but also give consequences for behavior that was not respectful of others and myself. I was always held to the standard of doing my best and if that happened with who they knew me to be they were going to support the end result.
Humanism is a practice within psychology that recognizes that humans are unique and studies the whole person.
Humanistic Psychology - Encyclopedia Brittanica
Significant People
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
Significant Studies/Experiments
Significant Theories/Ideas
Abraham Maslow
A. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Pyramid - bottom to top - bottom is most important to meet first
a. Physiological
b. Safety
c. Love Belonging
d. Esteem
e. Self-Actualization
Carl Rogers
A. Self-Actualization - "to fulfill one's potential and achieve the highest level of "human-beingness' we can."
B. The Fully Functioning Person
1. Open to Experience
2. Existential living
3. Trust feelings
4. Creativity
5. Fulfilled life
C. Self-Concept's 3 Components
1. Self-Worth
2. Self-Image
3. Ideal-Self
Video Notes
Abraham Maslow's Contribution to the Humanistic Movement in Psychology
Notes -
How does the Humanistic School of Thought in Psychology explain why I am who I am?
Evaluating who I am through the scope of humanistic psychology, I would have to look at my environment growing up and the idea of self that this environment instilled in me. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, I always had my physiological, safety, love/belonging and esteem needs met in order for myself to grow and be able to self-actualize. Because of the environment of growing up in a home with two parents, loving siblings, being able to pursue what I wanted athletically and academically, positive relationships with friends, these things have allowed me to develop a positive self-image and self-worth according to Carl Rogers. I can identify with the tenets of a Fully Functioning Person which says a lot again about the conditions of my upbringing.
Because of these things the image that I selected is my parents. These two made sure to love my unconditionally but also give consequences for behavior that was not respectful of others and myself. I was always held to the standard of doing my best and if that happened with who they knew me to be they were going to support the end result.
