PSY-B - Psychology PSY-B 356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Gestalt Psychology, Dasein, Abraham Maslow
13 Apr 2017
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Make choices and must take responsibility for their choices. Humans are unique in awareness of being and their mortality. Knowledge of own death creates a fundamental anxiety, dread . Knowledge of death gives motivation to live an. Authentic life: urgently strive to reach fullest potential; make choices in that light compared with. Inauthentic life: do not urgently strive to reach fullest potential, give up ability to make choices. Humanistic movement third force in psychology (after psychoanalysis and behaviorism) Free will: behavior not completely determined by environment (past and present) German gestalt psychologist; came to usa in 1923. Worked with thorndike on child cognitive development (similar to piaget, anticipated erikson) 1940s became interested in humanistic psychology, popularized movement, encouraged separate. Born in chicago, moved with family to a farm. Early childhood experiences important: need for positive regard from self and others. -> person open to change, non-defensive, can grow vs. Person accepted and loved only if they behave in certain ways.
