PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 41: Behaviorism, Psychodynamics, Humanistic Psychology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Yen

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In contrast to freud"s study of the base motives of (cid:498)sick(cid:499) people, these humanistic theorists focused on the ways (cid:498)healthy(cid:499) people strive for self- In contrast to behaviorism"s scientific objectivity, they studied people. They both offered a (cid:498)third-force(cid:499) perspective that emphasized. Two pioneering theorists: abraham maslow, carl rogers through their own self-reported experiences and feelings human potential. Maslow proposed that we motivated by a hierarchy of needs. If our physiological needs are met, we become concerned with personal safety; if we achieve a sense of security, we then seek love, to be love, and to love ourselves; with our love needs satisfied, we seek self-esteem. Having achieved self-esteem, we ultimately seek self-actualization (the process of fulfilling our potential) and self-transcendence (meaning, purpose, and communion beyond the self) He developed his ideas by studying healthy, creative people rather than troubled clinical cases. Maslow said that these are mature adult qualities. Agreed with much of maslow"s thinking actualizing tendencies.