Humanistic Perspective The focus of the humanistic perspective is on the self‚ which translates into "YOU"‚ and "your" perception of "your" experiences. This veiw argues that you are free to choose your own behavior‚ rather than reacting to environmental stimuli and reinforcers. Issues dealing with self-esteem‚ self-fulfillment‚ and needs are paramount. The major focus is to facilitate personal development. Two major theorists associated with this view are Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.
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I. INTRODUCTION The emergence of humanistic learning theory can not be separated from the movement of humanistic education that focuses on affective outcomes‚ learning about how to learn and learning to enhance creativity and human potential. This humanistic approach emerged as a form of disapproval on two previous views‚ the views of psychoanalysis and behavioristik in explaining human behavior. Disagreement is based on the assumption that the views of psychoanalysis too pessimistic outlook bleak
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Tia Gardner September 21‚ 2012 Humanistic Perspective and Addiction There are several theories of addiction. All of them are imperfect. All are partial explanations. It is for this reason that it is important to be aware of and question addiction theories. One contemporary psychoanalytical view of substance abuse is that it is a defense against anxiety (Thombs D 2006). Addicts often abuse alcohol and other substances to guard against anxiety and other painful
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Existential and Expressive Arts Therapy Saré Gebhardt GEXTH 5102.01 Karen Estrella November 30‚ 2008 Sometime in the late eighties‚ Shaun McNiff‚ Sr. Kathleen Burke and I sat in a small pub in Cleveland‚ Ohio. It was after midnight when conversation turned to my writing project‚ this book. Sr. Kathleen asked‚ “What’s the title going to be?” “Well‚” I replied‚ “the working title is Existential Art Therapy.” Shaun sighed. “Bruce‚ don’t be redundant. All art is existential.” …I have
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Existential problems of modern living It seems that all the attention today‚ modern society society geared towards ensuring comfortable living conditions for the people and the development of human society in general. More and more attention is paid to the protection of human rights‚ care for the disadvantaged minorities‚ gender equality‚ social welfare‚ compulsory education‚ improving the legal system that will all realize. It could be said that a society is so arranged that even has time to deal
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Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Matrix PSY/405 June 4‚ 2012 David Brueshoff Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories During the 1950’s psychodynamic conjectures was unable to keep its general acceptance. Psychotherapy started to bring on a matter of interest with restrictions of the conjecture‚ in particular psychoanalyzing humanistic way of doing things. Maslow and Rogers came up with a different way of handling the controversy inside the psychodynamic conjecture
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Humanistic Theories of Learning: I. Introduction Humanism‚ a paradigm that emerged in the 1960s‚ focuses on the human freedom‚ dignity‚ and potential. A central assumption of humanism is that people act with intentionality and values. Humanism would concentrate upon the development of the child ’s self-concept. If the child feels good about him or herself then that is a positive start. Feeling good about oneself would involve an understanding of ones ’ strengths and weaknesses‚ and a
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weaknesses of biological and humanistic theories? With which do you agree more? The biological and humanistic theories both have strengths and weaknesses. Focusing on nature versus nurture‚ the biological theory suggests that all behavior stems from genetics and is not a product of our surroundings or environment. Thus‚ it ignores individual effects and differences people experience such as how our bodies react to different stimuli like stress and anxiety. The humanistic theory focuses on the individual
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This brief report will discuss an interview in which existential therapy is used with an individual who is leaving prison and re-joining the general population. There were various positive behavioural factors exhibited by the interviewer. The interviewer seemed to be listening intently‚ and asking for elaboration on questions. With many of the answers he received‚ the interviewer asked what it meant to the client. He acknowledged that the client would be facing challenges as he re-joined society
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There are many times when a person goes through life with many ups and downs‚ however when you are going through these changes‚ you have to have the ability to know how to handle stressful situations. When dealing with humanistic personality‚ this would allow the people to have the freedom to choose their behavior. Humanistic Holistic Theory is a theory that emphasizes on engaging the person as a whole and focusing on the future rather than the pass (Brill & Levine‚ 2005‚ p. 58). This theory let
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