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ABRAHAM MASLOW – HUMANIST THEORY - Coggle Diagram
ABRAHAM MASLOW – HUMANIST THEORY
Applications
Therapy: Focuses on growth, empathy, and understanding (client-centered)
Education: Encourages creativity, self-directed learning, and potential
Workplace: Motivation through meaning, purpose, and fulfillment
Self-Actualization (Key Element)
The highest expression of human growth
Becoming what you are capable of being
Involves creativity, authenticity, purpose, and fulfillment
Growth-motivated, not driven by lack or deficiency
Core Principles of Humanist Theory
Holistic Approach: Understand the whole person (mind, body, emotions, spirit)
Self-Concept: Central to personality and growth
Personal Responsibility: Individuals shape their own destiny
Phenomenology: Reality is based on how each person perceives their world
Innate Potential: Everyone has an inborn drive toward self-improvement
View of Human Nature
Humans are innately positive, creative, and self-motivated
People have free will and the ability to make conscious choices
Behavior is guided by the desire for growth, not by instincts or conditioning
Focus on personal experience rather than external control