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The Inner Experience

The Inner Experience. Chapter 2 Section 6 Pages 66-70. Objectives. Summarize the humanistic approach (Graphic Organizer #5) Describe Maslow , Rodgers AND May’s approaches to Humanism. Humanistic Approach. Person’s own point of view Emphasize Optimistic view of Human Nature

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The Inner Experience

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  1. The Inner Experience Chapter 2 Section 6 Pages 66-70

  2. Objectives • Summarize the humanistic approach (Graphic Organizer #5) • Describe Maslow , Rodgers ANDMay’s approaches to Humanism

  3. Humanistic Approach • Person’s own point of view • Emphasize Optimistic view of Human Nature • Adapt, learn, grow, excel, positive motives • More unhealthy SITUATIONS than INDIVIDUALS

  4. chapter 2 The inner experience Humanist approaches Abraham Maslow Carl Rogers Rollo May Evaluating humanist approaches

  5. Abraham Maslow • Humanist • Uses people with productive lives for healthy personality ingredients • Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson researched • Found basic needs met (food, shelter, love) • So they could pursue ‘higher’ ideals: truth, justice, beauty

  6. chapter 2 Abraham Maslow Humanistic psychology An approach that emphasizes personal growth, resilience, and the achievement of human potential Peak experiences Rare moments of rapture caused by the attainment of excellence or the experience of beauty

  7. Maslow Cont… • Self-actualizing personalities- creative, full of humor, spontaneity. • But realize own limitations and limitations of others • Feel free to fulfill potential

  8. chapter 2 Self-Actualization Esteem Belongingness Safety Physiological Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

  9. chapter 2 Your turn You are on your way to a restaurant to meet some friends, and you are hungry. As you are walking from your car to the restaurant, you are looking forward to talking with your friends. Just then, you hear a gunshot. According to Maslow, your primary motivation would be determined by 1. Your hunger 2. Your desire to converse with your friends 3. Your desire for safety

  10. chapter 2 Your turn You are on your way to a restaurant to meet some friends, and you are hungry. As you are walking from your car to the restaurant, you are looking forward to talking with your friends. Just then, you hear a gunshot. According to Maslow, your primary motivation would be determined by 1. Your hunger 2. Your desire to converse with your friends 3. Your desire for safety

  11. Carl Rodgers • Fully Functioning person- Healthy personality; and congruent with reality. • Positive- Approval, friendship, love= High self esteem • Incongruence- Think your “smart”= positive self concept BUT experience Incongruence when paper comes back with a C- • Unconditional positive regard- Love and support for the people we are without conditions (strings) attached • OTOH Conditional response- I will love you if you behave well; I won’t love you if you behave badly

  12. chapter 2 Carl Rogers Unconditional positive regard A situation in which the acceptance and love one receives from significant others is unqualified Conditional positive regard A situation in which the acceptance and love one receives from significant others is contingent upon one’s behavior

  13. Rollo May • Existentialism- Inevitable challenges of Human existence • F.E. meaning of life, confronting death, responsibility for others • Free will carries anxiety but learn to cope

  14. chapter 2 Rollo May Shared with humanists the belief in free will and freedom of choice but also emphasized loneliness, anxiety, and alienation Existentialism Free will confers on us responsibility for our actions.

  15. Evaluating Humanistic approaches • More Positive than Freud • Have control over future life • What is self-actualization? • Does it depend on culture ? • How do you test concepts? • Add balance to study

  16. chapter 2 Evaluating humanist approaches Hard to operationally define many of the concepts Added balance to the study of personality Encouraged others to focus on “positive psychology” Fostered new appreciation for resilience

  17. SUMMERIZE • Humanistic approach; one example • Maslow • Rodgers • May • Evaluations

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