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• humanistic theories of human behavior

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• humanistic theories evolved from

  the human potential movement

• two famous humanistic theories come from:

  Maslow
  and Rogers

• maslow's pyramids include three levels of basic needs:

  (base) are physiological needs: sleep, water, food and being warm; safety and security
  (middle)psychological needs follow: love friendship and belonging, esteem needs for feelings of accomplishment and prestige
  (top)Above these are self actualization needs to fulfill one's highest potential including creativity

• Carl Rogers developed a.. (blank) was central to rogers theory

  person-centered humanistic theory. 
  self-self concept

• rogers said one's self- image/ actual behavior must be congruent with ..

  one's ideal self for self actualization

• rogers distinguished between unconditional positive regard: and conditional positive regard:

  when parents love a child for who he is
  when parents only love a child on condition of certain behaviors.

• rogers identified people constantly seeking on others approval as having experienced

  conditional positive regard in childhood

• psychoanalytic theories, based on freud's original psychodynamic theory or on neo-freudian variations, rely on...

  "talk therapy"

• talk therapy is where

  the patient explores the unconscious reasons for his/her feelings and behaviors. 
  this type of therapy is in-depth and time consuming
  while patients can gain profound insights, they do not usually realize rapid change

• in "talk therapy" psychoanalysts:

  listen, take notes, ask probing and guiding questions, and provide analyses of patient thoughts, emotions and dreams