PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Positive Psychology, Humanistic Psychology, Executive Functions
4 Nov 2016
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Holism: stresses top-down master motives such as the self and its strivings toward fulfillment, focuses on discovering human potential and encouraging its development. Positive psychology: devotes attention to the proactive building of personal strengths and competencies, seeks to make people stronger and more productive, and to actualize the human potential in all of us. Rogers described the motive state as an attempt to grow and reach fulfillment, that is to become a fully functional individual. Maslow described the process as a movement toward self-fulfillment, an attempt to become all that one can possibly become. Deci and ryan"s self fulfillment theory: human psychological needs of autonomy, competency and relatedness. All of these theories takes the point of view that human behavior cannot be understood without some reference to this striving toward self actualization or full functioning. Life is an ongoing process and that the most basic characteristic of human behavior is a striving for wholeness.
