The idea of humanistic psychology is that we view it as a wholeness of human nature and the conscious experience. In humanistic psychology, we study an individual in a holistic view. This means that we should be looking at four main points in humanistic psychology. These include existential psychology, positive psychology, mind/body psychology, and transpersonal psychology. Existential psychology has emphasis on conscious intention and meaning. Positive psychology has emphasis on human strengths, joy, and hope. Mind/body emphasizes health and wellness to mind and body. Transpersonal psychology emphasizes spiritual and transcendence. There is a humanistic perspective approach to psychology that emphasizes and stresses the importance in good
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Before World War II there were three main purposes for this study. The first is to cure mental illnesses. The second was to improve normal lives. The third was to identify and nurture talent. Along the way two of them were dropped and the focus was on curing mental illness. Just like every other aspect of the scientific profession, psychology has adapted to using a disease model and while this is useful and successful, we tend to abandon normal and flourishing lives. If you ask any psychologist they are likely to tell you that there is little knowledge about what makes life worth living and how normal people excel. Often, we have little to say about positive aspects of life but we are the first to discuss mental illnesses or what makes life …show more content…
“Understand and facilitating happiness and subjective well-being is the central objection of positive psychology.” (Seligman, 2002) This shows that it complements rather than replaces clinical psychology and the two can work together to achieve this. Seligman classifies positive emotions into three categories: those associated with the past, present, and the future. (Seligman, 2002) He puts them in different categories to show how each one influences us and our behaviors whether it is positive or negative. We must confront our past and deal with it to bring positive emotions such as happiness and joy. We can’t feel joy or happiness if we are holding onto the past. When we look to our future we need to be optimistic and hopeful. If we use these strategies and confront our past and deal with negative emotions and we are hopeful and optimistic about or future we can savor our experiences and appreciate like more. Joy opens us to many new positive thoughts and behaviors while negative emotions bring our mood, ideas, and actions down. Joy and happiness increase our likelihood to engage positively towards other people and they help us better
Before World War II there were three main purposes for this study. The first is to cure mental illnesses. The second was to improve normal lives. The third was to identify and nurture talent. Along the way two of them were dropped and the focus was on curing mental illness. Just like every other aspect of the scientific profession, psychology has adapted to using a disease model and while this is useful and successful, we tend to abandon normal and flourishing lives. If you ask any psychologist they are likely to tell you that there is little knowledge about what makes life worth living and how normal people excel. Often, we have little to say about positive aspects of life but we are the first to discuss mental illnesses or what makes life …show more content…
“Understand and facilitating happiness and subjective well-being is the central objection of positive psychology.” (Seligman, 2002) This shows that it complements rather than replaces clinical psychology and the two can work together to achieve this. Seligman classifies positive emotions into three categories: those associated with the past, present, and the future. (Seligman, 2002) He puts them in different categories to show how each one influences us and our behaviors whether it is positive or negative. We must confront our past and deal with it to bring positive emotions such as happiness and joy. We can’t feel joy or happiness if we are holding onto the past. When we look to our future we need to be optimistic and hopeful. If we use these strategies and confront our past and deal with negative emotions and we are hopeful and optimistic about or future we can savor our experiences and appreciate like more. Joy opens us to many new positive thoughts and behaviors while negative emotions bring our mood, ideas, and actions down. Joy and happiness increase our likelihood to engage positively towards other people and they help us better