CNPS 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Humanistic Psychology, Community Psychology, Existentialism
17 Mar 2019
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Father of psychotherapy research and highly influential of counselling psychology programs. Humanism/humanistic psychology: many meanings basically emphasizing human agency. Existential vs. humanistic: humanistic psychology can be understood as a distinct movement in. Basic congruence between the phenomenal field of experience and the conceptual structure of the self a situation which, if achieved, would represent freedom from internal strain and anxiety, and freedom from potential strain (rogers, 1951) If what you see is aligned with what you think things should be, you will be less anxious and happier with how things are. Self-concept: our perception of who we are, the differentiating between experiences that are our own vs others, as the self-concept and as conscious emerges, there is a need for positive regard. Actualizing tendencies: actualizing tendency propensity / directional process towards self-realization, fulfillment, autonomy, and self-determination. To maintain or enhance oneself not only to meet physiological needs, but actualizing needs.
