Humanistic psychology
Humanistic Psychology
Humanistic psychology (pronounced: hyoo-man-ist-ik sy-kol-uh-jee) is a psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person. Humanistic psychologists look at human behavior not only through the eyes of the observer, but through the eyes of the person doing the behaving.
Etymology
The term "humanistic psychology" was first used by Abraham Maslow in the 1950s and was later adopted by other psychologists who felt that traditional psychoanalysis was not sufficient to fully understand human behavior. The term is derived from the word "humanism", which refers to a philosophical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings.
Related Terms
- Self-actualization: A term that was originally introduced by the organismic theorist Kurt Goldstein for the motive to realize one's full potential. In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, self-actualization is the highest level.
- Existentialism: A philosophical approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
- Phenomenology: A philosophical movement that describes the formal structures of concrete experience as they present themselves to consciousness, without recourse to theory, deduction, or assumptions from the natural sciences.
- Client-centered therapy: A counseling approach that requires the client to take an active role in his or her treatment with the therapist being non-directive and supportive.
- Positive psychology: A scientific approach to studying human thoughts, feelings, and behavior with a focus on strengths instead of weaknesses, building the good in life instead of repairing the bad, and taking the lives of average people up to "great" instead of focusing solely on healing.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Humanistic psychology
- Wikipedia's article - Humanistic psychology
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