Describe and evaluate the humanistic approach in psychology The humanistic approach contrasts all the other approaches for one simple reason; this is that the humanistic approach believes that we have free will, this is because we are able to make conscious decisions for our self and chose our own path in life, and for example, the behaviourist approach is deterministic, as the environment determines our behaviour. Rogers stated that certain environments are needed in order for a child to achieve their full potential as an adult. Rogers said we need a condition consisting of positive regard. This means knowing that somebody loves you no matter what you do. He said we all need conditional positive regard from our parents, and if we did not receive this is can lead to psychological problems in our future.
I have taught my children the importance of sharing and to always help each other out. I don’t want them to be greedy with their belongings as they grow up. I also have taught them to never be mean or talk rudely to anyone because it’s impolite. My family also knows the difference between right and wrong because if they didn’t they would grow up thinking everything they did was ok to do. I want them to know when it is ok to do something and when it’s wrong to do something because if it’s good you will always be rewarded and if it’s bad then something terrible may happen.
We choose success or failure. Through self-awareness, which is an ability possessed only by humans, we can identify the areas in which much energy is expended and to change them in order to be more proactive. Being proactive is taking responsibility for our own life. We cannot blame our shortcomings in life on our genetics, circumstances, or conditions. Proactive people recognize that they are “response-able” which means they have the ability to respond in a positive and effective manner.
Habit 3 is Personal Management, the exercise of independent will to create a life congruent with your values, goals and mission. time management is an essential skill for personal management. The essence of time management is to organize and execute around priorities. Methods of time management have developed in these stages: 1) notes and checklists recognizing multiple demands on our time; 2) calendars and appointment books scheduling events and activities; 3) prioritizing, clarifying values integrating our daily planning with goal setting (The downside of this approach is increasing efficiency can reduce the spontaneity and relationships of life. ); 4) managing ourselves rather than managing time focusing in preserving and enhancing relationships and accomplishing results, thus maintaining the P/PC balance (production versus building production capacity).
Then again, I do not work as indicated by agendas and in order to start achieving my goals, I need to be highly motivated. After taking the survey, I learned that I need to manage my time accordingly. There should be time for fun and time for serious work. Individuals who have lower future orientation experience arousal procrastination, putting things off to get a last minute rush. I sometimes distance from or reject future goals so that I can reduce present tension and look for more immediate and pleasurable rewards than longer arranges or future objectives.
There would be no divide when discussed this matter with intelligent informed people. The issue is deciding which parent should reinforce the rules, mom or dad. This issue may cause a divide between intelligent and informed people and no action needs to be taken, just a decision about which would be more appropriate. Expressing Problems and Issues There is a difference between the way you express a problem and the way you express an issue. When expressing the problem I would consider various questions that would provoke action to be taken.
Blake thinks that when I’m trying to overcome my fears, the first thing I should do is go back to the core question: Why am I doing this? If I go back to this fundamental question and can honestly answer it than it will give me the drive to move past my fears and it helps to strengthen the foundation of the project I’m involved with and, most importantly, it takes away a huge fear: that i’m not good enough. Another important lesson I learned from Blake was that I need to always be enthusiastic and passionate about what I do otherwise I’ll become complacent. For the last 6 months I’v been asking myself what I wanna wake up every morning and do for the rest of my life. I still don’t know the answer to that and I’m fine with that because I don’t want to rush into something because of money or that it’s easy because I know, down the road, I’ll be
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Key Points * Habit 1: Be Proactive * Personal Vision * Individuals have the freedom to choose through their: * Self-awareness * Imagination * Conscience * Independent Will * Be proactive in your thoughts decision making instead of reactive to what others do or may think of you. * Be proactive in your thoughts and in your communication with others. * Do not allow yourself to be influenced by negative circumstances, but influence yourself by how you can make the negative circumstances to be positive ones moving forward. * Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind * Principles of Personal Leadership * Visualize success in each aspect of life and write down the process in which you can get there. * Personal Mission Statement: focus on character, contributions, achievements and values * Start with home (spouse, family) * Morals * Work * Everyone’s center is one or more of the following: * Security * Wisdom * Power * Guidance * All of these are related to: * Spouse centered * Family centered * Money centered * Possession centered * Pleasure centered * Church centered * Be Principle Centered and all things will fall into place * Habit 3: Put First things First * Time Management Matrix * Quadrant I: Urgent and Important Matters * Crisis * Pressing problems * Deadline-driven * Results * Stress * Burnout * Crisis management * Always putting out fires * Quadrant II: Not Urgent but Important Matters
In order to make someone else happy, you must be happy with yourself. Life’s choices, treatment of others should be made with the best of intentions and cause no harm to others. Scalet and Arthur (2014) have suggested the quality of life is determined by activities and that a happy person will never do what is hateful and mean but will live life with dignity and always do what is best. Kant’s theory suggests that actions determine morality and one must not only act in accordance to duty but for the sake of
The habits include 1: Being proactive, 2: Beginning with end in mind, 3: Putting First Things First, 4: Thinking win-win 5: seeking first to understand, Then to be Understood, 6: Synergizing, And last 7: Sharpening the saw. The topics discussed in this book are all true to life and have real life examples. All these habits provide many helpful tools and solutions in a fun and new way. The first habit from the 7 habits I would like to discuss is Habit 1: Being Proactive. This was the most challenging habit for me to personally work on.