Transcript Humanistic Psychology - West Point Public Schools

Humanistic
Psychology
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Humanism
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What is Humanistic
Psychology
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Application
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Movement in Education
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Strengths
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Weaknesses
Basic Assumptions
Significant Theorists
Key Terms
What is Humanistic Psychology
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Study of Psychology that focuses on the study of the whole
person.
Look at behavior not only through eyes of observer, but through
eyes of person.
Study the meanings, understandings, and experiences involved in
growing, teaching, and learning
Study how people are influenced by their self-perceptions and
the personal meanings attached to their experiences.
Focus on peoples responses to internal needs in shaping
behavior.
Humanism
Lesson Closing
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Task #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvySe_GFwE4
 Write down three things you got from the video
 What do you think Self-Actualization/Humanistic
Psychology is all about?
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Task #2
Read Article on Cognitive Psychology
http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsycholo
gy/a/hist_humanistic.htm
 Write down 3 Strengths of Humanistic
 Summarize the weaknesses
 What was Maslow’s contribution to Psychology?
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Basic Assumptions
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3 Really Basic Assumptions
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Other Universally agreed views of Humanism
Humanism
3 Basic Assumptions
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An individuals behavior is primarily determined
by his/her perception of the world around him
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Perception: Allows us to organize, interpret, and
act on outside stimuli based on past experiences
Individuals are not solely the product of their
environment
Individuals are internally directed and motivated
to fulfill their human potential
Humanism
Key Theorists
 Abraham
Maslow
 Carl Rogers
Humanism
Abraham Maslow
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Co-Founder of Humanistic
Psychology with Carl Rogers
Believed we are all biologically
driven to achieve selfactualization
Came up with Hierarchy of
Needs theory that is most
important humanistic theory.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=gi9lGv1jJv8
Theorists
Carl Rogers
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Co-Founder of
Humanistic Psychology
with Abraham Maslow
Main contribution was in
clinical therapy and
applications of
Humanism
Started Person-Centered
Psychology
Theorists
Lesson Closing
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Task #3
Read Article on Humanistic Psychology
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Rogers.
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List some factors that distinguish Humanistic from other
approaches.
 What did Carl Rogers do? What are some things he came
up with that were important?
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Keep this article in folders for later!!
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Task #4: Copy this down and fill in the blanks!
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whole
Study of Psychology that focuses on the study of the _______
person.
behaviors
Look at __________
not only through eyes of observer, but
through eyes of person.
meaning
Study the ________s,
understandings, and experiences involved in
growing, teaching, and learning
Study how people are influenced by their self-perceptions and the
experiences
personal meanings attached to their ________.
internal needs in shaping behavior.
Focus on peoples responses to ______
Key Terms
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of
Needs
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Self-Awareness
Ideal Self
Self-Actualization
Self-Fulfillment
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Person-Centered Therapy
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Humanism
Holistic
Congruence
Empathy
Unconditional Positive Regard
Conditional Positive Regard
Incongruence
Conditions for Growth
Lesson Closings: Day 4 and 5
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Day 4: Maslow
Task #5
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Write down three important
things about Hierarchy of
needs
Use the article to help you
Then right down 2-3 key
words for each of the stages
of hierarchy
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Day 5: PCT
Humanistic Movement in
Education
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Idea that students have a need to become selfactualized adults.
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Need classroom freedom to be creative and gain a desire to
learn.
Basic Objectives of Humanistic Education are to
encourage students to:
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Be self-directed and independent
Take responsibility for their learning
Be creative and interested in the Arts
Be Curious about the world around them
Ask Questions of things? Why, Who says, Purpose?
Strengths
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Emphasizes individual choice and responsibility
Satisfies most people’s idea of what being
human is b/c it values personal ideas and selffulfillment
Provides researchers w/flexible framework for
observing behavior b/c it considers the person
Weaknesses
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Many concepts are too vague
Experiences can be taken different ways by
different individuals
Makes conclusions formed from experiences hard to
verify
 Makes research unreliable
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Not a true science b/c it involves too much
common sense and not enough objectivity
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Hierarchy of Needs
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Physiological
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Safety
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Feeling a sense of worth/respect: Self-esteem, confidence, respect for/by
others
Self-Actualization
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Strong relationships: friendship, family, sexual intimacy
Esteem
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Security in lives important things: health, property, family, job, etc.
Love/Belonging
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Basic Human needs of survival; breathing, food, water, sex, sleep
Highest point of potential: Person is moral, creative, non-prejudice,
accepting of truths (facts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfH7inToIFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd7tYHqAR_8
PCT
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Definition
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Person-Centered-Therapy that uses
congruence, empathy, and
unconditional positive regard to
develop a good relationship with a
client.
Differences in Approach
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Didn’t follow previous perspectives
ideas on patients
Basic motivating idea behind
approach was that patients were
active and responsible beings who
participated in creating or at least in
maintaining their mental illness
states.
Key Terms
Differences in Approach
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Previous thought was the psychologists
regarded patients as passive, and the
psychologists were the intervention or
cure.
Humanistic psych’s, wanted set up the
conditions that would enable patients to
choose to help themselves, rather than
to require a doctor to administer
interventions
Main approach of therapy is to move
person from incongruence to
congruence.
Person Centered Therapy PCT
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Founded by Carl Rogers
How He approaches it
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBkUqcqRChg
Meetings w/Gloria
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m30jsZx_Ngs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX_Y3zUPzEo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHxl5NtcDow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L19nXMvbS8E
Key Terms
Holistic
Of or relating to dealing with
whole systems, not just smaller
parts.
Key Terms
Congruence
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When there is a good fit between perceived
self, ideal self, and real self
The person has congruence and is able to
move towards self-actualization.
One of three main cogs of Roger’s PCT
“machine”
Key Terms
Empathy
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Capacity to recognize or understand another’s
state of mind or emotion
One of three main cogs in Rogers PCT
“machine”
Key Terms
Unconditional Positive Regard
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When one person (therapist) is completely
accepting toward another person.
Not just a showing of acceptance, but an
attitude that is then demonstrated through
behavior.
One of three main cogs of Roger’s PCT
“machine”
Key Terms
Self Actualization
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The need to become what one believes he/she is
capable of being, realizing one’s own potential
Highest/last step on Maslow’s Hierarchy of
needs.
Key Terms
Self Awareness
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Concept that one exists as an individual,
separate from other people, with private
thoughts.
May also include the understanding that other
people are similarly aware of individuality
Key Terms
Self-Fulfillment
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Achievement of one's aspirations, hopes,
etc. through one's own efforts
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Ideal Self
 Personality
we would like to be.
Consists of our goals, and ambitions.
Key Terms
Incongruence
• Having a self-concept (ideal self/perceived self)
and behavior that do not match one another.
• Makes it hard to reach self-actualization
Key Terms
Conditional Positive Regard
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Positive regard rewarded based on things
that society may like, not for things that
make person better.
Leads to people only liking themselves if
they meet the standards of others
Key Terms
Conditions for Growth
• Use of congruence, empathy, and unconditional
positive regard by counselor/therapist to help in
therapy and give room for GROWTH towards
self-actualization
Key Terms