Psychology - Humanistic

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Key assumptions of the humanistic approach
1) Focus is on studying unique subjective human experiences - "person centred approach" 2) People have free will and are in control of their behaviour
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Free will - Rodgers
External forces can influence us but we have the power to reject these. We make our own choices and act as active agents as we control our own behaviour
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Conditions of worth
We are all capable of achieveing our full potential in life however specific conditions of worth need to be met to do so (e.g. Unconditional positive regard and positive self worth)
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Fully functioning people
Are open to experience, existential living, trust their feelings, are creative and live a fullfilled life
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Congruence and achieving this
Congruence is the level of similarity between the ideal self and the real self, if we achieve congruence we are more likely to achieve personal growth
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Maslows hierarchy of needs
Self actualisation, esteem, love and belonging, safety and physiological
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External forces can influence us but we have the power to reject these. We make our own choices and act as active agents as we control our own behaviour

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Free will - Rodgers

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We are all capable of achieveing our full potential in life however specific conditions of worth need to be met to do so (e.g. Unconditional positive regard and positive self worth)

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Are open to experience, existential living, trust their feelings, are creative and live a fullfilled life

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Congruence is the level of similarity between the ideal self and the real self, if we achieve congruence we are more likely to achieve personal growth

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