PSYC 11762 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Abraham Maslow, Sigmund Freud, Behaviour Therapy

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 11762
• Professor: Robin Joynes

Document Summary

Psychotherapy talking about problems to someone who listens, helps them understand their problems, and tries to help change the behaviors that cause them. Insight therapies: aimed at understanding motives and actions. Advantages can learn about oneself, may address root of. Disadvantages may be lengthy and costly, may never find underlying cause of problem: action therapies: aimed at changing behavior. Advantages quicker and cheaper, higher success at changing behavior. Disadvantages may not be getting to root cause of the problem. Psychoanalysis: mental and behavioral problems are caused by conflicts between acceptable behaviors and unacceptable, unconscious desires. Freud believed that psychoanalysis was a way to cleanse the unconscious mind. Humanistic therapy: emphasizes free will, self-actualization, and human nature as growth seeking experiences and motivations for behaviors. Four basic elements: reflection: mirroring statements without interfering with the flow of, unconditional positive regard: creating a completely accepting, empathy: feeling what the client is feeling, authenticity: giving genuine, open, and honest responses.