Humanistic psychology

Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Social Cognitive, and Behavioral make up the four personality theories that help to define a person. Theorists thought of a personality more in terms of they way people behave and not so much in terms of traits. These four theories range on a scale from nature to nurture and all have a different concept on what affects people to do the actions they do and have the thoughts that they have. The book quoted that the Psychoanalytic theory of personality focuses on the…

theory, rational choice theory, social constructionist theory, psychodynamic theory, developmental theory, social, behavioral theory and humanistic theories are discussed in the article for identification of various aspects of human behavior and social environment (HBSE) of society. 2. System Theory of Human Behavior The system theory is an approach to psychology where the scholars have identifies…

operant conditioning. A well known example is Pavlov’s experiment-- classically conditioning a dog to salivate upon hearing a bell because it associates the bell with the smell of food. The behaviorism perspective lies on the nurture side. The humanistic psychology perspective is the understanding of human nature and condition. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a representation of natural human…

Cultural and Contextual Literacy Julie A. Gore PSY150 Robyn Arnette April 17, 2017 Cultural and Contextual Literacy In psychology, there are many personality theories, but the four most important ones includes psychoanalytic, humanistic, social cognitive, and behavioral. These four theories can be placed on a nature v. nurture continuum that will determine if a person is born with it or develops it over time due to the environment. There are many psychological disorders such as anxiety…

Behaviorist perspective Behavioral psychology which is also known as behaviorism is the theory of learning which is built on the idea that behaviors are conditioned responses. People learn from their environment. There are two main approaches to conditioned learning; classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning is based on natural reflexes and neutral stimuli. Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov is one of the most famous psychologists in behaviorism. Pavlov conditioned…

Carl Rogers developed the person-centered theory, his major focus is on an individual’s “humanistic” abilities and their need to belong through “self-actualization” meaning that it “focuses less on diagnosing” because it works to lead the client/patient to be autonomous (independent) on themselves that may help them and those around their social circle too (Barclay, 2016, p. 127). According to Kass (2015), Rogers understood that people grow and develop in accordance with their personality traits…

Psychologist Carl Rogers and his colleagues were the first of their time to record, transcribe, and publish their own cases of psychotherapy. One of Roger's main contributions to the counseling field was his person-centered theory. Contrasting Roger's theory is existential psychotherapy, created by Viktor Frankl (a prisoner from a Nazi concentration camp), Rollo May (brought existentialism into the United States), and Irvin Yalom (Seligman et al., 2014). Gestalt therapy had similar attributes to…

perspectives in Psychology, each of them views human behavior in a different way. The Sociocultural perspective of Psychology is an emerging theory in that looks at the important contributions that society makes to individual development. This theory stresses the interaction between developing people and the culture in which they live. This theory suggests that human learning is a social process and is ever changing when new things are learned. There are many other lenses of Psychology such as,…

for their highest potential, which is the foundation of humanistic psychology. When my students come into my classroom they can leave their worries at the door and self- actualize as a learner without fear of judgment (Parkay). Nevertheless even though humanistic psychology and behavioral psychology are on too different ends of the spectrum, I feel you cannot have one with out the other under the transmission perspective. With the humanistic approach you want to encourage your students to…

Everybody mostly has at least one or more abnormal moment in their lives. The abnormal moments can be triggered by a stressful event, a personal loss, etc. during one’s life. In this paper, I will choose to talk about a person A, who I have been really close with for my entire life. I chose to call this person as "A" in order to protect her identity and privacy. Growing up with her, I knew A always have been having some complications going on in her family. These problems are often parents…