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In the early 1960’s the humanistic movement was developed in America, this was termed ‘third force’ as it was aimed to replace the two main approaches such as behaviourism and psychoanalysis. Some theories are concerned with human experiences such as uniqueness, meaning, freedom and choice. Empathy is where you are putting yourself in someone else’s shoes and seeing how they feel.
Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was an American psychologist who believed that personality formed a result of our strivings to reach our full human potential. He is one of the pioneering founders of the humanistic approach, he moved away from traditional psychoanalysis and developed client- centred psychotherapy. To assess the effectiveness of psychotherapy, they measured …show more content…

Incongruence is a mismatch between our actual self and our ideal self this leads to individuals becoming sad and unhappy. This affects you by the way you value yourself, this becomes linked to self-image, ego-ideal and self-esteem this is known as the Q- sort method used by humanistic psychologists. An individual’s ideal self may not be related to an experience or what is happening in actual life, but can occur because of an experience. Rogers believed that for a person to achieve self-actualization they must be in a state of congruence, which is when an individual’s ideal self and an experience are similar or repetitive which is when congruence …show more content…

Human nature is fundamental which is a desire to grow and develop to achieve an individual’s full potential, which is known as ‘self-actualisation’. Maslow’s hierarchy needs are psychological, safety, love/belonging, esteem and self- actualisation. Psychological is breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis and excretion. Safety is where you have a security of body, employment, resources, morality, the family, health and property. Love/belonging is where you have friendship, family and sexual intimacy. Esteem includes self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others and respect by others. Lastly self-actualisation is where you have morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice and acceptance of facts. Maslow’s theory expresses motivational factors; survival or deficiency needs are engaged in because they are a means to an end. Self-actualisation is when something is internally satisfying, you have to reach all the factors on the bottom and work your way up (e.g. psychological, safety…). A higher level needs are needed for later evolutionary development. However, there are strengths and limitations of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, some strengths are that it emphasises choice such as free will and responsibility

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Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory, was created by the American psychologist Abraham Maslow. Abraham Maslow, a renowned psychologist, introduced the concept of the hierarchy of needs in his paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" in 1943. This hierarchy, shaped as a pyramid, was used to show what needs were deemed as a top priority. It also gave humans an idea of where they stood on the ladder towards self actualization, or their true potential. At the bottom of the hierarchy is physiological needs.

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Maslow used the terms physiological, safety, belonging and love, esteem, self-actualization, and self-transcendence to describe the pattern that human motivations in the main move

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Believing we strive to continuously improve ourselves to attain self-actualization. Maslow (1943) a Humanistic psychologist developed a motivational theory known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, suggesting that people have a number of needs, and as these needs are met they are able to go on to pursue other needs. Maslow believed humans actions are focused at goal completion, finally resulting in self-actualisation (Learning Theories, 2017). Cherry (2017) discusses how Carl Rogers (1946) who was also a humanist psychologist agreed with Maslow’s main assumptions but but believed for an individual to grow they would need an environment that provides honesty and opportunity to talk about themselves, where they receive acceptance, non-judgmental support and

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These demands are ranked in the order that they most preoccupy the individual. To illustrate, an individual is not preoccupied by physiological needs such as hunger or thirst, he is then free to seek out that which gives him a sense of safety; moreover, if the individual isn’t preoccupied with finding a safety, warmth, and shelter, he can spend time time seeking out companionship (Huitt, 2007). Maslow proposes 8 levels of motivational needs, the first four, termed the deficiency needs, need to be fulfilled before the second four, the growth needs, can be adressed. The deficiency needs are: bodily needs, the need for safety, social needs, and self esteem. The Growth needs are: the search for understanding, the need to be aesthetically pleased, self actualization, and finally, self-transcendence, which is the highest level, where one has acquired wisdom (Huitt,

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Roger’s Humanist Theory believes, “That humans are innately good and that they are growth oriented,” (Nye, pg. 105, 2000). Due to the fact that this theory has the belief that individuals are inherently good, Beth’s negative behaviors are not part of her personality, but formed out of her early childhood environment. The Humanistic approach also states, to reach self-actualization, the environment surrounding an individual must be nurturing (Sougstad, Humanistic Psychology, 2018); Beth was not afforded with this type of environment, explaining her negative and harmful behaviors towards her family. In addition, the Humanistic Theory also concludes, “Humans basically need and want both personal fulfillment and close, intimate relationships with others,” (Nye, Pg. 98, 2000). Referring back to Beth’s early childhood environment again, the lack of an appropriate, intimate and caring relationship between her and her biological parents left her without the needed environment to fully develop.

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