PSYC 3530 Lecture Notes - Humanistic Psychology, Abraham Maslow, Behaviorism

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3530
• Professor: William M.Last

Document Summary

Inside you there is a true self, that is a potential that is meant to be realized and that you are meant to become (like a caterpillar is intended to become a butterfly) There are certain development needs and experiences for achieving this fully functionality. The primary need is called positive regard, key need that everyone needs, the need to be accepted, valued and seen positively by others, and in particular by significant others. Rogers postulates the need for positive regard and speculates that most of us do not get in in life, most people are deprived of this need. We get conditions of worth, if we act this way, you will be accepted, if your not this type of person, we will love you, etc. Humanism is a much more brighter and optimistic view of personality, carl rogers (client-centered therapy) and abraham maslow (self-actualizer)