PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: American Humanist Association, Abraham Maslow, Humanistic Psychology
18 Mar 2016
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The individual is guided by his life course to fully realize their goals hopes etc . In therapy, helps individual nd or discover that meaning. Desire to help person achieve understanding, wholeness, meaning. Focus on individuals unique perception of the world. An idiographic perspective -- not about generalizing individuals, but rather to understand those particular individuals as individuals. Avoid reductionism - you can"t reduce personalities to small pieces. There are no units, thoughts, behaviors etc whose understanding could help us describe the whole individual, rather we need to understand the individual as a whole. They do believe in general truths, but are more focused on individuality. The primary study of psychology should be the experiencing person. That means the focus is on the idea that each of us experiences life differently, we need to understand the experiences of personhood for every person: choice, creativity and self-realization are the concerns of the humanistic psychologist.
