Humanistic psychologies are
often concerned with the positive
aspects of living more Simply
one's passion for life.
often concerned with the positive
aspects of living more Simply
one's passion for life.
Emotional Intelligence: Humanistic and Existential Approaches
THE humanistic and existential psychologies are a third force in psychology,
a force that is concerned with the distinctly human elements of the
human enterprise, a force in which there are powerful roles for will, responsibility,
and reciprocal determinism. Humanistic psychologies are often
concerned with the positive aspects of living, specifically self-actualization.
They are easier to accept than either the psychodynamic or behavioral
theories, which were each considered revolutionary in their time.
Psychoanalytic theory suggests that people are dominated by unconscious
rather than conscious motives; that infantile experience shapes and
colors adult thought and behavior; that sexuality, in both its narrow and
larger senses, permeates seemingly nonsexual pursuits. When Sigmund
Freud first enunciated them, these ideas encountered enormous resistance.
Moreover, when the behaviorists first propounded their view that the rich
spectrum of human activity is made up of a minutiae of conditioning and
reinforcement, people also found it difficult to accept this theory.
The humanistic and existential approaches to abnormality will seem less
radical to the reader because they are centrally concerned with conscious
human experiences, experiences with which all of us are familiar. They are
concerned with understanding experiences that are inherently human. Although
they are mainly concerned with conscious experience, they do not
neglect the role of unconscious processes, and while they are fundamentally
interested in human psychology, they often examine animal studies in order
to illuminate the human condition.
Beyond their concern with human experience, humanistic and existential
psychologists are united in revolting against the narrow determinism that
often characterizes earlier theories. The psychoanalytic notion that early
feeding experiences during the oral stage, for example, forever stamp the
maturing personality in oral ways is fundamentally abhorrent to humanists
and existentialists alike. They believe that the determinants of personality
are infinitely more complex and that people can exercise much greater freedom
than was realized in earlier views.
a force that is concerned with the distinctly human elements of the
human enterprise, a force in which there are powerful roles for will, responsibility,
and reciprocal determinism. Humanistic psychologies are often
concerned with the positive aspects of living, specifically self-actualization.
They are easier to accept than either the psychodynamic or behavioral
theories, which were each considered revolutionary in their time.
Psychoanalytic theory suggests that people are dominated by unconscious
rather than conscious motives; that infantile experience shapes and
colors adult thought and behavior; that sexuality, in both its narrow and
larger senses, permeates seemingly nonsexual pursuits. When Sigmund
Freud first enunciated them, these ideas encountered enormous resistance.
Moreover, when the behaviorists first propounded their view that the rich
spectrum of human activity is made up of a minutiae of conditioning and
reinforcement, people also found it difficult to accept this theory.
The humanistic and existential approaches to abnormality will seem less
radical to the reader because they are centrally concerned with conscious
human experiences, experiences with which all of us are familiar. They are
concerned with understanding experiences that are inherently human. Although
they are mainly concerned with conscious experience, they do not
neglect the role of unconscious processes, and while they are fundamentally
interested in human psychology, they often examine animal studies in order
to illuminate the human condition.
Beyond their concern with human experience, humanistic and existential
psychologists are united in revolting against the narrow determinism that
often characterizes earlier theories. The psychoanalytic notion that early
feeding experiences during the oral stage, for example, forever stamp the
maturing personality in oral ways is fundamentally abhorrent to humanists
and existentialists alike. They believe that the determinants of personality
are infinitely more complex and that people can exercise much greater freedom
than was realized in earlier views.
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