Humanistic Approach

Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers agreed with the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, biological and humanistic approach. “The hierarchy of needs theory remains valid today for understanding human motivation, management training, and personal development” (Orana, 2009). Maslow’s book Personality and Motivation were published in 1954 introducing his theory of the hierarchy of needs.
Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) the hierarchy of needs was introduced in his 1943 paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation”. This hierarchy (formerly known as Maslow’s triangle) people are motivated basic needs most be taking care of, proceeding to the next level in the hierarchy. There is many parts of the pyramid.
“These level include the most basic needs that is needed for survival, such as food, water, air, shelter, and sleep” (Cherry, 2010) are the most important need, According to Maslow, and the other psychological requirements will be met once the basic requirement is meet
The second level. Security, is an important need, however it is not a need that is always required as a psychological need. “Examples of the security needs are the need and want for steady employment, health insurance, and stable shelter” (Cherry, 2010).
The third level. The social needs level. The need for belonging, cared for, seen and affection. Social need is not that important when it comes down to the psychological and security needs. “Relationships such as friendships, romantic relationships, and families help to fulfill this void for companionship and acceptance” (Cherry, 2010).
The fourth level. The esteem needs level. Esteem needs becomes important in playing a prominent role in motivating behavior. “This includes the need for things that reflect on self-esteem, personal worth, social recognition, and accomplishments” (Cherry, 2010). The first, second and third need level must be
Most humanistic people focus on the present. We choose to be black or white when making choices that may determine our personality. Humanistic people “to enjoy the today you are in because there may be no tomorrow or live everyday like it is the last day.” Humanistic approach was invented because of the need for therapy for “healthy people” (Vigil, 2010). Humanistic approach is a needed to fill a void once a person was considered mentally and physically healthy again. Both approaches are definitely wonderful ways to differentiate two of the six approaches and it’s to up the psychiatrists’ decided which approach is the correct approach use and beneficial for that person. Biological and Humanistic, have their strengths and weaknesses. They say, ‘if one approach does not work you should try another one”. I feel the best approach would be the one that is most adaptable to our personality.
“Despite the positivity the humanistic approach brought to psychology, which had previously focused on abnormalities and illnesses, it was met with many critics’, most of them obviously being that the theories at hand were and still are untested today. Nevertheless, humanistic thinking was completely original at the time and eventually became widely accepted” (Vigil, 2010). Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Alfred Adler presented only one way of thinking about psychology, Maslow’s idea’s offered the healthy way of thinking that