The core of its basic theory is to emphasize the importance of humanity, potential, self-realization and subjective experience. According to this school, people's behavior and psychological phenomena cannot be simply attributed to external stimuli or internal cognitive processes, but should fully consider people's subjective experience and self-awareness.
The basic theoretical core of humanistic psychology can be summarized as follows:
1, human nature is good: humanistic psychology emphasizes that human nature is positive and has the potential for self-realization and self-improvement. People have not only biological needs, but also rational needs, such as the pursuit of meaning, value and belonging.
2. Self-realization: This school of theory holds that everyone has the desire and potential for self-realization. Self-realization refers to the individual's constant pursuit of his own potential in the process of growth, seeking to become a more complete and authentic self.
3. Subjective experience: Humanistic psychology attaches great importance to individual subjective experience. It is believed that human psychological phenomenon is the product of individual subjective experience and cannot be observed and measured objectively. Therefore, researchers need to know their inner world through self-report and self-report.
4. People-oriented: Humanistic psychology advocates that people should always be the center in research and practice, and pay attention to people's needs, feelings and development. It opposes simplifying people into machines or animals, and emphasizes the uniqueness and dignity of people.
To sum up, the basic theoretical core of humanistic psychology lies in paying attention to human nature, potential, self-realization and subjective experience, and emphasizing people-oriented research and practice methods. This theoretical school provides a unique perspective and method for us to understand human psychological phenomena, and also provides an important theoretical basis for mental health and educational practice.
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5. Emotion and motivation: Humanistic psychology believes that emotion and motivation are the key factors to promote human behavior. It emphasizes the importance of studying emotions and intrinsic motivation for understanding and promoting human growth.
6. Mental health: Humanistic psychology emphasizes the importance of mental health and advocates realizing mental health through self-realization and self-growth. It focuses on how individuals can maintain psychological balance through self-regulation and self-empowerment when facing challenges and pressures.
7. Meaning and purpose: Humanistic psychology holds that human behavior has meaning and purpose, and individuals endow life and behavior with meaning through self-realization and creation. It emphasizes the study of how individuals can realize themselves by pursuing their own values and goals.
8. Social and cultural factors: Humanistic psychology believes that social and cultural factors have an important impact on individual psychological development and behavior. It focuses on the interaction among cultural values, social expectations and personal experiences, and how they affect individual self-identity and development.
9. Treatment: Humanistic psychology has made an important contribution to psychotherapy. Emphasize the importance of establishing trust relationship, paying attention to individual subjective experience, promoting self-awareness and treating growth. Humanistic therapy, existentialism therapy and gestalt therapy are all based on humanistic psychological theory.
10. educational practice: humanistic psychology also has an important influence on educational practice. It advocates a student-centered teaching method, pays attention to students' needs, interests and personal development, and encourages students to actively participate, explore independently and realize themselves in the learning process.