Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Albert Bandura, C. Robert Cloninger, Reticular Formation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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The humanistic theory (developed by carl rogers) focuses on healthy personality development, and humans are seen as inherently good. The most basic motive of all people is the actualizing tendency (self-actualization), innate drive to maintain and enhance oneself to full potential. It also says that people have free will. Person will grow towards self-actualization as long as there are no obstacles: answers; who am i . Primary difference between freud"s psychoanalytical theories is freud"s theory was deterministic behaviour is determined by unconscious desires. Humanistic theory focuses on the conscious, and says people are inherently good, and we are self-motivated to improve (so we can reach self-actualization). (freud theory focuses on mental conflicts (fixations)) First theorist of the humanistic theory was abraham maslow, who formed hierarchy of needs. Must first fulfill physiological needs of pyramid and work our way up, then safety, then love, self-esteem, and finally self-actualization: self-actualization is rarely achieved, only 1% of people ever reach it.