Humanistic Psychology Discussion
Topic 2: Humanistic Psychology 804 (Module 2Q2)
Objectives:
1. Summarize the events that led to the American Humanistic Psychology movement becoming its own division in the American Psychological Association (APA).
2. Associate theorists with major schools of thought in the humanistic psychology movement. Humanistic Psychology
Assignment Description
First Old Saybrook Conference (1964) was a significant event in the history of psychology. Attendees such as Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May, and Gordon Allport represented several major schools of thought in the budding humanistic psychology movement.
1) What did Maslow, Rogers, May, and Allport express as necessary components of the Humanistic Psychology Movement?
2) In what ways did the schools of thought expressed by these conference attendees contribute to humanistic psychology’s place in America? Explain.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF VERY IMPORTANT
****BELOW is the book reference for this course. I am not sure if you have it. Or use articles or any relative book.
Schneider, K. J., Pierson, J. F., & Bugental, J. F. (Eds.). (2014). The Handbook of humanistic psychology: Theory, research, and Practice. Sage Publications.
*****PLEASE, no String citation and no citation at the beginning of a paragraph or at the end of a paragraph.(pls. this is an instruction from the school).
Humanistic Psychology Discussion