PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Unconditional Positive Regard, Humanistic Psychology, Existential Therapy
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Holistic look at an individual as one system instead of separate parts. Historic look through the entire life of an individual, including the challenges and emotions in their life. Phenomenology intrinsic experience that one have in processing the world around them: real life think people in the real world outside the lab. Positivity positive (eg. creativity) instead of negative. Free will people have freedom to make choices in their life, regardless of their biological makeup. Value internalize the value that one have and guide them through life. Love and support from parents or significant others that are independent of good or poor performances. It provides a sense of safety to explore new things: conditional positive regard. Love and support received later in life is dependent on the performance or it"s dependent. Self-image who we are at this very moment. Ideal self who we want to be at some point in the future.
