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humanistic psychology
noun
- 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
Example Sentences
So then I got my master鈥檚 in humanistic psychology.
Other reformers, inspired by humanistic psychology鈥檚 rosy vision of every person鈥檚 capacity for free will and self-actualization, called for loosely supervised 鈥渇ree schools鈥 and even the abolition of schools altogether.
Carroll鈥檚 philosophies are rooted in humanistic psychology.
Maslow was working on a new approach to politics that he called 鈥減sychopolitics鈥, grounded in the humanistic psychology axiom that human similarities are deeper than human differences.
Freud himself explained that there was much to gain from turning 鈥渉ysterical misery鈥 into 鈥渃ommon unhappiness鈥, while Carl Rogers, the founder of humanistic psychology, is often quoted counselling: 鈥淲hen I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.鈥
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