INTRODUCTION
The humanistic theory emerged in the 1950’s as something of a backlash against the behavioural and psychodynamic theories that we have just discussed. (Weiten, 2010.).Many of these critics blended into a loose alliance that can come to be known as humanism because of its exclusive focus on human behaviour. Humanism is theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans,especialy their freedom and their potential for personal growth(Weiten ,2010).In construct to most psychodynamic and behavioural theorist, humanistic theorists take an optimistic view of human nature (Weiten , 2010).The are two theorist on humanistic theory which are Carl Roger’s Person –Centred Theory and Maslow’s Theory of Self-Actualization.
THE CARL ROGER THEORY: PERSON –CENTERED THEORY
Carl Rogers was a humanist and psychotherapist. He believed if as an individual attained self-actualisation they would be a fully working person living "the good life". By this, he means that the individual would have a confident healthy psychological …show more content…
Maslow’s key contributions were his analysis of how motives are organised hierarchically description of the healthy personality (Weiten, 2010). Abraham Maslow (1954) attempted to synthesize a large body of research related to human motivation. Prior to Maslow, researchers generally focused separately on such factors as biology, achievement, or power to explain what energizes, directs, and sustains human behaviour. Maslow posited a hierarchy of human needs based on two groupings: deficiency needs and growth needs. Within the deficiency needs, each lower need must be met before moving to the next higher level. Once each of these needs has been satisfied, if at some future time a deficiency is detected, the individual will act to remove the
The humanistic theory emerged in the 1950’s as something of a backlash against the behavioural and psychodynamic theories that we have just discussed. (Weiten, 2010.).Many of these critics blended into a loose alliance that can come to be known as humanism because of its exclusive focus on human behaviour. Humanism is theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans,especialy their freedom and their potential for personal growth(Weiten ,2010).In construct to most psychodynamic and behavioural theorist, humanistic theorists take an optimistic view of human nature (Weiten , 2010).The are two theorist on humanistic theory which are Carl Roger’s Person –Centred Theory and Maslow’s Theory of Self-Actualization.
THE CARL ROGER THEORY: PERSON –CENTERED THEORY
Carl Rogers was a humanist and psychotherapist. He believed if as an individual attained self-actualisation they would be a fully working person living "the good life". By this, he means that the individual would have a confident healthy psychological …show more content…
Maslow’s key contributions were his analysis of how motives are organised hierarchically description of the healthy personality (Weiten, 2010). Abraham Maslow (1954) attempted to synthesize a large body of research related to human motivation. Prior to Maslow, researchers generally focused separately on such factors as biology, achievement, or power to explain what energizes, directs, and sustains human behaviour. Maslow posited a hierarchy of human needs based on two groupings: deficiency needs and growth needs. Within the deficiency needs, each lower need must be met before moving to the next higher level. Once each of these needs has been satisfied, if at some future time a deficiency is detected, the individual will act to remove the