Humanistic psychology focuses on studying the whole person and their uniqueness. It emphasizes personal agency or free will. A key figure was Abraham Maslow who developed the hierarchy of needs theory which explains that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before advancing to other needs. Humanistic psychology believes people can solve problems collaboratively by combining ideas.

1. T E R R Y , J U J U
HUMANISTIC
PSYCHOLOGY

2. WHAT IS HUMANISTIC
PSYCHOLOGY?
THE EMPHASIS OF HUMANISTIC

3. HUMANISTIC IS THE STUDY OF A WHOLE
PERSON AND HIS OR HERS UNIQUENESS.

4. PERSONAL AGENCY: THE HUMANISTIC TERM
FOR THE EXERCISE OF FREE WILL

5. AN IMPORTANT TEXT, RESEARCH STUDY, AND OR EXPERIMENT
RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL OF
THOUGHT.
• Abraham Maslow had theories about how people
mind can be motivated.
• He believed that once people are satisfied they will
be motivated to accomplish their needs.

6. ABRAHAM MASLOW’S THEORY
A PIONEERING PSYCHOLOGIST RELATED TO THE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT AND
WHAT HE/SHE CONTRIBUTED.
• The Hierarchy of
Needs- Fulfilling your
own basic needs first
will motivate you to do
the rest of your other
advanced needs.

7. THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

8. PEOPLE CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS BY SUGGESTING
IDEAS AND PUTTING THE BEST IDEAS TOGETHER.
(HOW THE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT SEEKS TO IMPROVE PEOPLES LIVE.)

9. ONE CRITIQUE OF THE SCHOOL OF
THOUGHT.

10. CITATIONS
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