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If you have heard of behaviorism or psychoanalysis, then humanistic psychology is just an offshoot of it. It was developed in 1950 by Carl Rogers, a popular psychiatrist back then. The humanistic psychology is derived from the concepts of existential thinking. So, on the whole, it is a combination of behaviorism, psychoanalysis, humanism and psychology. |
All these put together can define this branch of psychology. If you take a closer look at all these individual aspects, you will find that they are interrelated.
Human psychology has depth that is unrevealed to the medical world. It is impossible for anyone to go deep into the human brain and see how it works and why it works the way it does. However, it may be possible to understand the behavioral aspects by using humanistic psychology and its principles.
Humanistic psychology brings together all the aspects of psychology, behavior patterns, psychoanalysis and also humanism. We observe that even the worst psychopath has good notions and also a bit of humanity. A murderer is able to sympathize with other situations, but if he had sympathy, why did he murder in the first place. These types of questions are extremely difficult to answer by basic psychology. Humanistic psychology covers several other aspects like, self realization, health, hope, creativity, love, individuality, hatred, ambition and many more. It is very difficult to understand why a person loves someone so strongly and why they hate someone also with equally strong feeling. How do love and hate work? These are all some unanswered questions of psychology which humanistic psychology tries to answer.
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