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ABRAHAM MASLOW:
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father/founder of humanism
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what's important about humanism:
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• how the individual achieves their own selfhood & actualizes human potentials → self actualization
• emphasis on positive human motives and positive personal events |
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Hierarchy of needs (mechanics):
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fulfill bottom needs first before you can fulfill the higher needs. 1→4 are basic needs, 5 & 6 are not hierarchical
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Hierarchy of needs (1 - 7):
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1. Physiological needs: basic biological needs
2. Safety needs: home, avoidance of pain & anxiety 3. Belongingness & love: affection, intimacy, being part of a family/group 4. Self esteem needs: sense of worth, self respect, mastery; Esteem is an action - you still like yourself when you get to the limits of your humanity; Moderate self esteem is healthy 5. cognitive needs: needs to know, truth seeking 6. aesthetic needs: appreciating things of beauty & surrounding yourself with pleasurable things, beauty seeking 7. self actualization: individual achieves their own selfhood & actualizes human potentials |
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Peak experiences:
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• Life experiences that taught you something; Emotional/spiritual experiences when you really feel connected to life
• Help you achieve self actualization |
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Profiles of healthy/self actualized people (4 elements):
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1. awareness: inner-rightness of your self & nature, have an accurate perception of life
2. honesty: high ethics, can look through false covers, can transcend through falseness; Experience social interest, highly selected in their friends 3. freedom: being detached/withdrawn from chaos, motivated by growth of self & others, live & let live, be natural 4. trust: in self & others; id, ego, superego all operate together |
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Percentage of people who are self-actualizers:
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1%
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Discrepancy of needs:
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• in couples when each partner has a different need that’s not being met
• there is a disconnect if 2 people have different needs & can cause problems in couples |
