Psychology 139 chapter 11

Reaction against the deterministic nature of psychoanalysis and of the behavioral perspective.

Existential philosophy, and the experience of psychology

Personal Responsibility, living in the here and now, the phenomenology of the individual, and self-actualization and personal growth.

We are responsible for what happens to us. We choose to do things, we don't have to do thing.

The humanistic perspective tells us that we cant fully functions until we live our lives as it happens.

Nobody knows you better than yourself

• We like to have to find a way to meet our needs, we don;t just want them given to us.
• Self-actualization= motivated to continue our development in a positive manner.

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People who reach a sense of satisfaction with our lives.

• 5 basic categories of needs (some needs demand satisfaction before others)Bottom to top
• -Physiological Needs
• -Safety Needs
• -Belongingness and Love Needs
• -Esteem Needs
• -Needs for Self-actualization

-Hunger, thirst, air and sleep. The most demanding needs

Once physiological needs are met. Security, stability, protection, structure, freedom from fear.

Friendship

• 2 parts
• 1- the need to perceive yourself as achieving
• 2-the need for admiration and respect

Living to our full potential

A lack of some need (hunger thirst)

Include unselfish giving of love to others and the development of one's unique potential.

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-Some people don't work in this order of needs. some people need high self esteem before they can love someone.- the assumption that lower needs must be satisfied 100% before we can get to the higher needs.

Maslow studies people who appeared to live a self-actualized life. They are less restricted by cultural norms and customs than the average person. Express desires freely.

A state of happiness and satisfaction characterized by absorption in a challenging and personally rewarding task.

flow = a unrestful demanding experience.

• Conditions=
• -1- The activity is challenging and requires skill.
• -2- One's Attention is completely absorbed by the activity.
• -3- The activity has clear goals
• -4- There is clear feedback
• -5- One can concentrate only on the task at hand.
• -6- One achieves a sense of personal control
• -7- One loses self-consciousness
• -8- One loses a sense of time.

Work gives us the feeling of accomplishment and enrichment. We experience more flow while working than off of work.

Living in the present, taking control of your life, the struggle and ongoing experience, rather than a definite goal.

Strengths- an optimistic approach to life, focusing on the positive.

Making the client the center of therapy;

such as positive regard, empathy, self-disclosure.

Teachers use Rogerian's techniques... focus issues that many of us address in our lives- fulfilling personal potential, living in the here and now, finding happiness and meaning-books by Maslow, rogers, and other humanistic psychology continue to sell in popular bookstores.

• -The concept of free will is difficult to prove empirically,
• -The key concepts are poorly defined- what is "self actualization"?
• -These concepts do not lend themselves to empirical investigation.
• -Maslow's study of the psychologically healthy people was very subjective and based on general impressions, that he had of his friends, and of historical figures.
• -Applications of the principles of humanistic psychology may be limited to a narrow range of human problems. Also-some naive assumptions about human nature as being inherently good...