| Humanistic psychology is a school of | | | | lifestyles of healthy people so that they |
| psychology that came to be established | | | | will be able to pass judgments on their own |
| somewhere in the 1950s. This was found in | | | | lifestyles. Similarly, he also stated that |
| reaction to both behaviorism and | | | | studying the lifestyles of "not so healthy |
| psychoanalysis. Humanistic psychology is | | | | people" would automatically help people |
| concerned with the human dimension of | | | | realize their shortcomings and adopt |
| psychology and the human context for the | | | | effective strategies. |
| growth of psychological theory. | | | | |
| | | | There have been a number of psychologists, |
| James Bugental in 1960 further shortened this | | | | including Carl Rogers and Clark Moustakas, |
| theory by stating five hypothesis of | | | | who were interested in establishing a |
| humanistic psychology. This mainly states | | | | professional association. This association |
| that human beings cannot be compared or | | | | would be concerned with and exclusively |
| reduced to a machine and that every human | | | | dedicated to the psychology that focuses |
| being has within him a distinctively human | | | | exclusively on human issues, such as the |
| context. It also states that human | | | | self, self-actualization, well-being, hope, |
| consciousness comprises of an awareness of | | | | love, ingenuity, nature, being, becoming, and |
| oneself in relations other people and that | | | | individualism. In simple words, it relates to |
| human beings have choices and | | | | all aspects of human behavior. |
| responsibilities. Lastly, it suggests that | | | | |
| human beings are intentional and seek | | | | However, the theories on humanistic |
| meaning, value, and creativity. | | | | psychology have been subjected to a great |
| | | | deal of criticism. This is because human |
| Apart from James Bugental, Abraham Maslow was | | | | behavior is purely subjective and cannot be |
| also a profound advocator of humanistic | | | | categorized into fixed classes. However, in |
| psychology. He is also known as the father of | | | | spite of these limitations, the concept of |
| the humanistic psychology movement. He is | | | | humanistic psychology has gained immense |
| responsible for enlightening everyone by | | | | popularity and has proved to be extremely |
| asserting that people should study the | | | | beneficial. |