Dissatisfaction with both the behavioral and the psychodynamic perspectives led psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers to develop the humanistic perspective.
Humanists believe that other perspectives pay too little attention to uniquely human characteristics such as free will and individual control.
Humanistic Psychology
Hierarchy of needs: you must satisfy lower-level needs before higher-level
With interpersonal-environmental support, people can and will grow and solve their own problems
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
Arranged by Gordon Vessels, Ed.D. 2004