PSYC 2206- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)
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Idea that people are all alike to tendency to level them. Having something meaningful that we are all devoted towards. Having a moral sense and being able to use our creative facilities to connect to people in positive ways. People are not necessarily mentally ill because they don"t fit in with society, but they may be driven towards it by being different from the norm. Physiology safety belonging self-esteem self-actualization. Defect if a person cannot fulfill human needs. It was being used by people in colonized territory to be able to counter racism and promote equality. Universal theories are invented in western society (something colonizing about this how can it be relevant to all other contexts) Difficulty in transmitting western psychotherapy to other countries. Biological or neurological (objective level) going on underneath everything. Different symptoms people highlighting distress in different ways. Doesn"t believe we"re going in any specific direction, but just look at what is happening.
