According to Freud he believed that our behavior was determined by control or forces within the human mind such as our behavioral patterns or how no one knows what is going on in the human mind. He also believes that the self-conceptualization is just an illusion and cannot be controlled by any psychological factors. The Humanistic theory is just the opposite theory in other words we have control and self disciple.
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Even though the Humanistic and the Psychodynamic theories seem unalike, their basic principles rest on understanding the human mind. Freud’s references may be sexual but he strives like Maslow, to help us realize the true meaning of who we are. Freud wants us to discover meaning through our minds, while Maslow wants us to discover our minds through our sense of “Self “discipline and our potential. Their principles may be different, but both theories are trying to discover the meaning of what it is to be human through the dynamics of who we are, whether it lies beneath our consciousness or through the journey of our