Saturday, October 02, 2004

Humanistic Psychology - Part II

  1. A person should be viewed as a whole; holistically, rather than joining up their parts.
  2. A person does not live alone. People are social by nature and their interpersonal interactions are a part of their develpment.
  3. A person is aware. People have an awareness of their existence and themselves. How a person reacts to a situation is in part influenced by previous events. Future responses will be influenced by past and present experiences.
  4. A person has free will. People are aware of themselves; therefore, they make conscious choices. Animals, unlike humans, are driven by instincts and do not reach a conscious level of choice.
  5. A person is consciously deliberate. A person seeks certain things for himself such as value or meaning in his life. How a person seeks meaning or value for himself results in a personal identity. This personal identity is what distinguishes one person from another.

Humanistic psychology centers around the holistic development of a person. There are three key components of reaching the highest level of self-understanding and development:
  1. Self-actualization
  2. Self-fulfillment
  3. Self-realization
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