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The Humanistic Approach (AO1)

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What do humanistic psychologist focus on?

Concious experiences, free will, promoting personal growth, being positive and holistic when looking at individuals

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Explain free-will in this approach

The approach suggest people are in control and can change their environment. People are responsible for actions and personal growth.

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What did Maslow develop?

A hierarchy of human needs.

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How does the hierarchy of needs structured?

- Most basic physiological needs are at the bottom including things such as food+water. More advanced needs such as self actualisation are at the top

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How does the hierarchy work?

Each level must be fulfilled before a person can move onto the next.

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Define self-actualisation

To achieve full potential and become the best you possible can be

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What has to happen for self-actualisation to be achieved?

All 4 levels of the hierarchy must be met

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What happens during self-actualisation?

People leave behind all fears+doubts. Meaning they can achieve their goals.

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Summarise Roger's point of view on congruence

He argued that for personal growth to be achieved your actual self needs to be close to your ideal self . This is know as CONGRUENCE

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What happens if the gap between ideal self and actual self is to big?

You become in-congruent. This makes you unhappy and makes self-actualisation very difficult to achieve.

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Summarise Conditions of Worth

Rogers suggest childhood experiences can affect self-esteem as an adult. These issues can be explained through unconditional positive regard. A parent who sets limits of boundaries on their love for the child is setting them up for problems in later.

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What are some evaluation points for the humanistic approach?

1. It is not reductionist 2.Treatment Application 3. Focuses on the person and reaching full potential 4. Cultural Bias

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Summarise how the approach is not reductionist and instead takes a holistic view

Other approaches such as the biological approach reduce behaviour down to its simplest forms. However, the humanistic approach takes a holistic view and it looks at the whole person.

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Summarise treatment applications the humanistic approach has led to

Rogers suggest that parent who set boundaries on their love for the child set them up for problems later in life. Therefore, in therapy we can tackle this and provide clients with unconditional positive regard.

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Summarise how the humanistic approach focuses on the person and reaching full potential

Freud suggested humans were slaves to their past and unconscious traumatic experiences lead to problems in later life. However, humanistic psychologist offers an alternative view as it suggest all people are good, reach full potential and are free

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Summarise how the humanistic approach is culturally bias

Its ideas are associated with western (individualist cultures) Ideas such as freedom+personal growth apply heavily to western cultures. However, collectivist cultures focus on the needs of the group so can relate to humanistic ideas.

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