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Humanist Approach

Humanist Approach. Chapter 11. Rebelling Against Negativity. Psychoanalysts – struggle to control primal urges Behaviorists – mechanical beings; actions shaped by rewards and punishments

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Humanist Approach

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  1. Humanist Approach Chapter 11

  2. Rebelling Against Negativity • Psychoanalysts – struggle to control primal urges • Behaviorists – mechanical beings; actions shaped by rewards and punishments • Humanists – stress our relative freedom from instinctual pressures and our ability to create and live by personal standards

  3. Key Concepts • All human beings strive for SELF-ACTUALIZATION • Realization of our potential to be unique • Emphasizes the WHOLE person • Accepts people as INDIVIDUAL HUMANS with all kinds of good qualities

  4. Carl Rogers • Studied to be a minister • Had trouble with the idea that people are sinful • Believed that we are all basically good

  5. Rogers Cont. • Biggest struggle is living up to our ideal self • As close to perfection as one can get • Come into the world ready to become this person • Positive Regard: approval received from important people • Conditions of Worth: verdicts you accept for yourself in order to receive positive regard

  6. Rogers Cont. • Unconditional Positive Regard • Being valued for what you are • The way you naturally present yourself • Fully functioning individuals • Ultimate goal in life • United what we shouldbe with what we are

  7. Abraham Maslow • Humans have deep need for beauty, goodness, justice, and feeling of completeness • Everyone inherited something unique • If environment cooperates, we can be great

  8. Self-Actualization • Being great = bringing to life our personal skills • Fulfilled person is self-actualized • Can be accomplished despite personal problems • Abraham Lincoln – suffered endless bouts of depression • Still self-actualized • Albert Einstein and Eleanor Roosevelt too

  9. Self-Actualization cont. • Perceive reality accurately • No prejudice or wishful thinking • Accept themselves • Do not deny shortcomings • Avoid changing things we don’t like about ourselves

  10. Assessment of Humanism • Very upbeat; makes us feel good • Positively encourages us to take charge of our fate • Emphasizes what goes right • Theory is too simple and vague to fully account for great variety seen in human personality

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