PSYCO239 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Gestalt Therapy, Therapeutic Relationship, Edward B. Titchener
20 Feb 2017
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Self-actualizing all of us can reach our highest potential, in all areas of functioning, is we have the freedom to grow. Maslow said that we have hierarchy of needs bottom is food, sex and top is top is love, self-esteem. Therapeutic alliance is very important in facilitating human growth. Gives patient chance to develop during course of therapy. Hoped for result is that the clients will be honest with themselves and will want to innately grow. Helps develop awareness of desires and needs, understand how they are blocking themselves from reaching full potential. A more scientific approach to psychological aspects of psychopathology. Neutral stimulus paired with response until it elicits that response. Stimulus generalization response generalizes to similar stimuli. Food is ucs, salivation is ucr, and metronome is cs, salivation becomes cr after. Extinction presenting cs (metronome), but no ucs (food) makes the salivation (cr) disappear. Patients reecond inner thoughts and feelings after experiencing certain stimuli.
