Schools Of Thoughts (PART 3 : HUMANISTIC)

Humanistic

• Humanistic psychology was instead focused on each individual's potential and stressed the importance of growth and self-actualization.
• The fundamental belief of humanistic psychology was that people are innately good,with mental and social problems resulting from deviations from this natural tendency.
• Humanism focused on fundamentally and uniquely human issues,such as self-identity,death,aloneness,freedom,and meaning.

Humanistic School of Thoughts

• Positive personal development
• Feeling,attitude,values
• Acceptance,respect
• Self-worth
• Character
• Efficacy
• Making choices
• human needs
• Individuality

Humanistic Approaches

• The humanistic approach was distinguish by its emphasis on subjective meaning,rejection of determinism,and concern for positive growth rather than pathology.

Strong Points of Humanistic Psychology

• Emphasizes the role of the individual humanistic psychology gives more credit to the individual in controlling and determining their state of mental health.
• Takes envirionmental influemce into account rather than focusing solely on our internal thoughts and desire,humanistic psychology also credit the environment's influence on our experiences.
• Humanistic psychology continues to influence therapy,education,healthcare,and other areas.