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the humanistic approach - Coggle Diagram

- - - - the humanistic approach recognizes that we are affected by external and internal influences by states that we still have a responsibility over our own actions. (less scientific)
  - - - self actulisation
        
        this is the innate desire to reach your full potential to become the best there can be
        
        this comes through age (typically) and what you have accomplished. for example, babies and young children will all look for psychological needs, while an adult with a family will already have that and will be reaching selfactulisation
        
        some people may deviate from this e.g. an old man may still be looking for the psychological needs like food and water because he is homeless
  - - - IF there is a big gap between these 2 images, then the person will experiance a state of incongruence and will not be able to reach self actualisation (due to negative feelings)
        
        CLIENT CENTERED THERAPY, this helps the person cope with everyday life, adults who need this experiance levels of low-self esteem and worhtlessness. this is mainly due to their childhood, their parents creating love with bounderies e.g. "I will only love you if..."
- - - - the idea of the hierarchy and trying to reach self actualisation is very aimed towards individualistic cultures. Collective cultures tendencies emphasis more the needs for group and interdepencedence
  - - - places a positive image on psychology, helps people reach their full potential