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Theories Of Humanistic Psychology

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One thing that can be said about humans is that each and every one of us is unique. 7.4 billion people on our planet and there are no two that are the same. Despite this, we as humans all seem to follow very similar paths throughout our individual lives. One such path that we follow is the path of love. Beginning at infancy, we experience the love of our parents. With childhood, we develop a sense of love in regards to certain foods or maybe a pet. Adolescence brings forth the understanding of a deeper more emotional love. We begin to develop a sense of love for ourselves and from this a sense of love for others. This love grows more as the individual ascends into adulthood and old age. Love is an essential part to the development of individuals throughout their lifetimes and helps humans be the best that they can be. Developing this sense of love within ourselves and onto others is what makes us human. In order to understand love, we have to understand humans. Humanistic psychology as well as the theory of humanism has made it possible to do this. Humanistic Psychology or humanism emerged in the 1950s. It was an alternative approach to the dominant …show more content…

During this period of life, humans tend to move onto more serious relationships. The love they have for themselves as well as others has usually become more defined and stronger than it was in adolescence. The love for one’s self and for others that has continuously developed during adolescence will have had a major impact on the individual. It will have manifested and grown to allow the individual to be the best that they can be. By now, the individual will have found someone who should be on the same page as them in life and will continue to grow with that person as time goes on. Within this relationship, a set of values have been defined and will be passed along to the next generation where the path of love will be

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