PSY230H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Erich Fromm, Human Potential Movement, Humanistic Psychology
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9 humanistic, existential, and positive aspects of personality summary. Existentialism: an area of philosophy concerned with the meaning of human existence. Being-in-the-world: the existential idea that the self cannot exist without a world and the world cannot exist without a person or being to perceive it. Positivism: the philosophical view of the world that focuses on the laws that govern the behaviour or objects in the world. Phenomenological: the concept that people"s perceptions or subjective realities are considered valid data for investigation. It is people"s perceptions of things and not the things themselves that have such characters that they are attributing to them. The phenomenological discrepancy, that people can perceive the same stimuli, yet have different interpretations, is often a focus of attention. Humanism: a philosophical movement that emphasizes the personal growth of the individual and the importance of human values. Humanistic psychology emphasizes the creative, spontaneous, and active nature of human beings.
