Approaches- Humanistic Psychology

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  • humanistic psychology
    • hierarchy of needs
      • 1. physiological needs
        • food, water,
      • 2. safety needs
        • protection, law, shelter
      • 3. love and belonging needs
        • friends, family
      • 5. cognitive needs
        • can read, problem solve
      • 4. self esteem needs
        • view of self=ideal self
      • 6. aesthetic needs
        • has nice house, car
      • 7. self actualisation
        • desire to grow psychologically and reach full potential
    • the self
      • congruence
        • when ideal self matches view of self
        • incongruence is usually a result of conditions of worth as child
      • conditions of worth
        • 'I will only love you if...'
        • criteria for someone to love you
      • ideal self
        • how you want to be
      • view of self
        • how you see your self
      • CCT
        • Rogerian therapy
        • used to reduce levels of incongruence
        • effective therapist provides unconditional positive regard, empathy and genuineness
    • free will
      • we are 'active agents' who make our own decisions
      • we are self determined
    • strengths
      • not reductionistic
        • doesn't break human behaviour down
          • sees people as a whole 'holism'
            • more valid approach, considers behaviour in real life
      • CCT
        • CCT revolutionised therapy
          • techniques are taught in lots of places
            • improves peoples quality of life
    • limitations
      • untestable concepts
        • everything is vague and abstract
          • can't produce empirical evidence
            • unscientific
      • cultural bias
        • personal growth us important in individualist cultures but not collectivist cultures
          • can't be generalised to whole population
      • CCT has limited use
        • CCT can't be used for severe disorders, e.g. schizophrenia
          • can't help many people = bad

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