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humanistic psychology

noun

  1. approach to psychology advocated by some that emphasizes feelings and emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of observation of oneself and one's relations with others

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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So then I got my master’s in humanistic psychology.

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Other reformers, inspired by humanistic psychology’s rosy vision of every person’s capacity for free will and self-actualization, called for loosely supervised “free schools” and even the abolition of schools altogether.

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Carroll’s philosophies are rooted in humanistic psychology.

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Maslow was working on a new approach to politics that he called “psychopolitics”, grounded in the humanistic psychology axiom that human similarities are deeper than human differences.

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Freud himself explained that there was much to gain from turning “hysterical misery” into “common unhappiness”, while Carl Rogers, the founder of humanistic psychology, is often quoted counselling: “When I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

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