PSY BEH 101D Lecture 15: Lifespan Chapter 1: Humanism (part 15)
14 Jul 2018
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At the final level, self-actualization, when all other needs have been met, people can be fully themselves creative, spiritual, curious, appreciative of nature, able to respect everyone else. Person has peak experiences when life is so intensely joyful that time stops and self-seeking disappears. Stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems. People are basically good, and have an innate need to make themselves and the world better. Conscious experiences of the individual is most important. Nature works to ensure that each species does two things: survive and reproduce. Many human impulses, needs, and behaviors evolved to help humans survive and thrive over the past 100,000 years. Becoming your unique and wonderful self: esteem. Being loved and appreciated as a partner, family member, and part of a group: love and belonging, safe and secure.
