humanistic psychology

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humanistic approach psychological perspective school of psychology

Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that emphasizes individual free will, personal meaning, and self-actualization, focusing on human potential and subjective experience rather than pathology.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humanistic approach → psychological perspective → school of psychology →
alsoKnownAs	humanistic psychology → surface form: "third force psychology"
associatedWith	American Psychological Association → surface form: "American Psychological Association Division 32"
contrastsWith	behaviorism → psychoanalysis →
critiques	mechanistic models of behavior → overreliance on laboratory experiments →
deemphasizes	determinism → pathology →
developedIn	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
emergedIn	1950s →
emphasizes	human potential → individual free will → personal meaning → self-actualization → subjective experience →
focusesOn	conscious experience → personal growth → psychological well-being → self-development →
influenced	client-centered therapy → humanistic education → humanistic psychotherapy → organizational development → Client-Centered Therapy → surface form: "person-centered therapy" positive psychology →
influencedBy	Abraham Maslow → Carl Rogers → Gestalt psychology → Kurt Goldstein → Rollo May → existential philosophy → phenomenology →
keyConcept	authenticity → here-and-now experience → personal responsibility → self-actualization → self-concept → unconditional positive regard →
methodologyIncludes	case studies → phenomenological methods → qualitative research →
opposes	reductionism →
stresses	holistic view of the person → subjective meaning-making →
viewsHumansAs	capable of growth → goal-directed → inherently good →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

humanistic psychology → alsoKnownAs → humanistic psychology →

this entity surface form: "third force psychology"

hierarchy of needs → field → humanistic psychology →

Client-Centered Therapy → influenced → humanistic psychology →

this entity surface form: "motivational interviewing"

Viktor Frankl → movement → humanistic psychology →

Toward a Psychology of Being → subject → humanistic psychology →

this entity surface form: "being-psychology"