Monday, November 27, 2006

Assumptions of Humanistic Perspective

The humanistic perspective represents the third force that attempts to study the human mind and behavior. Understanding of human nature comes from studying human, not other animals. Human are inherenty good (an optimistic assumption about the nature of human). Internal experience, in addition to behaviors, should be studied as well because freewill is also a cause of behaviors. Important aspect of life that make us human such as love, creativity, and happiness should be studied. Psychology should be meaningful and applicatble to every person, no matter what their culture, religion, nationality are. Studying should focus on individuals (idiographic method), not average performance of a group (nomothetic approach). Study should focus on the whole person and should be studied in the environmental context. As an alternative method to psychoanalysis and behaviorism, it combines the good sides of them and introduces the third force of studying the human behaviors and mind.

~Daniel

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Extentialism

i actually agree with the idea of the extentialism. I consider myself to be realistic, so these ideas of reality experiences interested me. I agree that in real life, all of us can't avoid alienation, angst, anxiety, absurdity, and death. We have to experience some of them at a certain level. I'm also interested in finding the identity of myself, and trying to answer the philosophical questions. I also agree that people have a better idea about themselves in times of depression. How a person deals with difficulties reveals a great deal about his/her character. I really like the idea of extistence preceding essence, since it allows an individual to work his way through success without given any definite destiny (i prefer nurture over nature). This is fun

~Daniel