Humanistic psychology

- In Dr. Kurt Salzinger's article, "Take back psychology," Kurt illustrates the many kinds of hardships that psychology is facing due to it's current state of affairs. That is to say, that psychology has been "given away" to be dissected and rehashed into various forms that help some causes and hurt others. The article was a nice read, and I enjoyed taking the time to look into Kurt's perspective. How he blended examples of applied and basic psychology to further his point made the article have…

the positive psychology course this semester has been overwhelmingly enriching, and I have been able to apply course topics and related research findings to my own life. I had a small notion of what positive psychology was before this semester. However, learning more about different research studies and their findings has helped me see positive psychology as its own force in the science of psychology. Course assignments have helped me understand, retain, and apply the positive psychology…

Psychology is the scientific study of mental or behavioral characteristics of a single person or group. The theoretical perspective is one of the many perspectives of psychology which contains 7 different categories. Seven Perspectives The seven theoretical perspectives help define the way people act, feel, and think. The seven perspectives of psychology are humanism, psychodynamic, social cognitive, cognitive, biopsychology, and evolutionary. Each perspective is different and focus on…

Psychology is the study of human mental functions and behavior in an attempt to learn from observation in addition to the ability to predict behavior. The study of psychology can be traced back to the ancient civilizations of the Greece, Chinese, and the Egyptians. Psychology was named during a historical period of Greece. The word was evolved from "psyche", which can be taken to have the same meaning as life. Psyche can be translated many ways however each translation continues to link it to…

In modern societies, psychology is considered as the science of the mind or of the mental states and process. On the one hand, most psychologist agree with the fact that psychology is a real science and the research behind this discipline can be fully reliable using the appropriate scientific method. On the other hand, some people believe that psychology cannot be defined as a science because feelings, mental states and behaviours are not always defined with scientific evidences. It is my belief…

debilitating disorder for some individuals to deal with. She is feeling isolated and undesirable and these feelings can lead to a dark road that can, eventually, if not treated, turn into suicidal thoughts or actions. Fortunately, because of modern psychology, there are specific methods and techniques that are mentioned below that may help Sylvia to overcome her unwanted thoughts and feelings. Behavioral Theory The behavioral theory states that certain behaviors are learned through observing…

works. But since then, psychology has pronged into many different perspectives. The goal of psychology is to describe, predict and control behavior. These perspectives include: Structuralism, Functionalism, Gestalt psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Physiological Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Diversity, Environment Population and Conservation, and Modern Psychology. Modern Psychology is an eclectic approach to psychology it does not deal…

theories from behaviourism to humanism. Behaviorism and humanism are critical schools in the field of psychology, accordingly, knowing the distinction amongst behaviorism and humanism is key for anybody intrested in psychology. Psychology is the experimental investigation of the human mental procedures and conduct, has various methodologies that are likewise considered as school of psychology . Every methodology exhibits an interesting method for comprehension the human personality and conduct.…

In spite of being dissatisfied with the humanistic approach and becoming fully aware that the spiritual dimension of the human psyche was left out, Abraham Maslow, Anthony Sutich, and Stanislav Gorf came together to create the transpersonal perspective (Cowley & Derezotes, 1994). According to Cowley and Derezotes (1994), “The Transpersonal theory was developed to challenge the traditional views of Western psychologies that hold self-actualization as the highest goal of human development”…

Psychology is a scientific discipline that studies human behaviour, considering internal processes and motives. Psychologists’ main goal is to understand the reason why people and animals behave in certain manners. (Eysenck, 2000, p 3). In order to achieve this, psychologists have adopted various approaches including cognitive, biological, humanistic, psychodynamic and behavioural. Psychodynamic and behavioural perspectives are two dominant approaches within psychology due to their great impact…