Humanistic Psychology Quiz

Humanistic Psychology

• Focuses on achieving maximum potential through self-actualization.
• Encourages understanding of personal development and goals.

Self-Actualization

• Continuous journey to reach full potential.
• Assumes humans are inherently good or neutral.
• Healthy development requires societal encouragement towards individual uniqueness.
• Lack of resources and creative restrictions from society can lead to neurosis.

Societal Impact on Self-Actualization

• Societies failing to provide necessary resources inhibit creativity, contributing to mental health issues.

Humanistic Biology

• Ethical framework guiding individuals towards self-realization.
• Assumes fundamental goodness of human nature.
• Requires favorable social conditions to aid in self-realization.

Hierarchy of Human Needs

• Consists of two major categories: deficiency (basic) needs and growth (meta) needs.
• Needs must be satisfied in a specific order to progress to self-actualization.

Basic Needs

• Critical for survival, including food, water, and shelter.
• More pressing than growth needs; must be prioritized in development.

Meta Needs

• Arise after basic needs are fulfilled.
• Not structured in a hierarchy; equally important and interchangeable.

Levels of the Hierarchy

• Physiological needs: essentials for survival like food, water, and sleep.
• Safety needs: desire for a secure environment, free from fear and chaos.
• Belongingness and love: need for love and acceptance, encompassing D-love (deficiency love) and B-love (being love).
• Esteem needs: desire for respect and recognition, divided into self-esteem and esteem by others.
• Self-actualization: growth need that emerges after fulfilling basic and esteem needs.

Types of Love

• D-love: selfish love, focused on receiving love.
• B-love: mature love, emphasizes giving love to others.

Esteem Needs

• Includes self-esteem (self-respect based on personal competence) and esteem from others (recognition from society).

Growth Needs

• Comprise aesthetic needs (appreciating beauty), cognitive needs (desire to learn), and neurotic needs (linked to mental health issues).
• These needs hold equal value and are not ranked hierarchically.

Jonah Complex

• Fear of reaching self-actualization may prevent individuals from achieving their potential.

Test your understanding of humanistic psychology concepts, focusing on self-actualization and personal development. Explore the societal impacts on creativity and the hierarchy of human needs. This quiz delves into the ethical frameworks guiding individuals towards their maximum potential.