MODULE 32: THE HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVE

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MODULE 32 THE HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVE

• MASLOW AND ROGERS FOUNDED THIS PERSPECTIVE
• MASLOWS SELF-ACTUALIZING PERSON
• STUDIED HEALTHY, CREATIVE PEOPLE

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ROGERS PERSON-CENTERED PERSPECTIVE

• EACH PERSON IS HARDWIRED TO REACH OUR FULL
  POTENTIAL
• GROWTH PROMOTING ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES THREE
  CONDITIONS GENUINENESS, ACCEPTANCE, EMPATHY
• UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD ATTITUDE OF TOTAL
  ACCEPTANCE TOWARD ANOTHER PERSON

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ROGERS SELF-CONCEPT

• ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT OURSELVES
• IF SELF CONCEPT , WE PERCEIVE AND ACT IN A
  WAY
• THE SELF IS A PIVOTAL CENTER OF PERSONALITY
• ANXIETY, FRUSTRATION, DEPRESSION CAUSED BY THE
  DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE ACTUAL (REAL) AND IDEAL
  SELF

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SELF - ESTEEM

• ONES FEELINGS OF HIGH OR LOW SELF WORTH (YOUR
  REPUTATION WITH YOURSELF)
• HIGH SELF-ESTEEM FEWER SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, LESS
  LIKELY TO CONFORM, LESS LIKELY TO USE DRUGS, MORE
  PERSISTENT AT DIFFICULTY TASKS, LESS SHY AND
  LONELY, HAPPIER

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SELF-ESTEEM

• LOW SELF ESTEEM MORE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION,
  MORE CRITICAL AND LESS ACCEPTING OF OTHERS

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SELF-SERVING BIAS

• OUR READINESS TO PERCEIVE OURSELVES FAVORABLY
• PEOPLE ACCEPT MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR GOOD DEEDS
  THAN FOR BAD, FOR SUCCESSES THAN FOR FAILURES
• MOST PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES AS BETTER THAN AVERAGE

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EVALUATING THE HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVE

• LIKE FREUD, PERVASIVE INFLUENCE
• EMPHASIS ON INDIVUDUAL SELF (REINFORCES WESTERN
  CULTURAL VALUES)
• CONCEPTS ARE VAGUE AND SUBJECTIVE
• FOCUS ON SELF VIEWED AS SELF-INDULGENT, SELFISH,
  IMMORAL
• HUMAN CAPACITY FOR EVIL?