Where can I find what humanistic psychology means?
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I've dragged out my old 1st year psych paper for you, I hope it helps!\n\nThe Humanistic approach was introduced in response to the limitations of psychodynamic theories, namely that it failed to address the meaning of behaviour and healthy growth. Humanistic psychology emphasises the study of the entire person, and that one’s behaviour is associated with self-image and emotions. This approach has philosophical roots in phenomenology and existentialism (Gross, 1996). Cohen coined the phrase ‘Humanistic Psychology’ in his book of the same name (1958, as cited in Gross 1996), and Maslow first introduced the ‘third force’ of psychological approaches, the other two being the psychoanalytic theory and behaviourism, in the same year. Fundamentally, the humanistic approach considers that a person’s behaviour is determined principally by the world around them but is not exclusively a product of the environment, and that people are driven to fulfill their potential. Rogers and Maslow are considered the most well known humanistic psychologists.\n \nCarl Rogers’ theory of self states that healthy development occurs through how the individual perceives their own being. The self is an ordered series of beliefs and perceptions, and most behaviour is explained in terms of endeavors to achieve constancy between self-image and actions (Gross, 1996).  It is when this congruence is not attained, such as through divergent actions and feelings, that defense mechanisms and distortion may deny access to awareness, and as a result threat, anxiety, and depression may be experienced (Butcher et al., 2004). Severe and persistent incongruence can lead to a disintegration of personality: psychoticism. The level of congruence can therefore be seen as a measure of mental health. However, Rogers regarded people as highly individual and unique and thus did not believe in diagnostic labeling. Roger’s view of humanity is also very positive; he said “There is no beast in man, there is only man in man” (1961, as cited in Gross 1996). He believes that there is a drive toward self-actualisation in every person, a concept that was also shared by Maslow. \n\nAbraham Maslow’s theory emphasises motivation as the impetus to understanding behaviour. He established the hierarchy of needs; a general pattern of needs recognition that needs to be satisfied in order to reach self-actualisation. It is often shown in the shape of a pyramid, with the basic needs at the broad-bottom.  It rises from physiological needs at the bottom, safety, love and belonging, and esteem, to self-actualisation at the peak. Prepotency, satisfaction at each level, is required to finally reach self-actualisation: the ambition of every person’s life (Gawel, 1997, as cited in Eysenck 1998). \n\nHumanistic therapy therefore combines aspects from both these theories to understand how to treat mental disorders. Humanistic psychologists are not concerned with past experiences or instinctual drives; instead they focus on integrating and actualising the self. Conscious choices, internal needs and response, and present circumstances form the basis of humanistic therapy. The therapist attempts to create a therapeutic atmosphere where clients can integrate the self. It is often referred to as client-centered therapy because the word ‘client’ as opposed to ‘patient’ implies that the person is responsible for the treatment. The objective of therapy is to allow the client to be himself, free from threat. The therapist has three main duties. The first is to show genuineness and emotional involvement, and not to hide behind professional impersonality. Secondly, the therapist must show unconditional positive regard: complete acceptance of the client as they are at the current time and non-judgement of any of the client’s feelings or actions. Finally, emphatic understanding is essential. The therapist must attempt to enter the inner world of the client through careful listening a
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I agree with the suggestion "quaere sapientiam" = seek wisdom\n\n"literate" is a variant spelling of "litterate" which can mean "elegantly", "literally", "cleverly" .\n "humaniores" is referring to those who are "more human", "more refined"\nso the phrase probably means "elegantly more refined"\n\nHowever you may have misquoted "Literae Humaniores" which refers to the study of Classics (also known as the Humanities), and may be translated as "more refined scholarship."
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I suggest you try contacting them directly. \n\n1 min. ago--it would help if you specified a location (city, state)--are you looking for a particular organization? --i  did a Yahoo! search and found a number of psychological resources centers--\n\n--also try searching under psychological resource center--there are some leads here too--
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There are quite a few quotations about human resources  on this site;\nhttp://humanresources.about.com/library/th/blquotes_2.htm?iam=metaresults&terms=hr+receptionist
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Whoa, deep stuff and big words!\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Cybernetics
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Hope this helps.  :)\n\nPhilosophical Humanism in The Tenth Century: Miskawayh's Concep... \nThe paper concludes with the relevance of Miskawayh's critique of Aristotle's concept of justice, which has shaped modern conceptions of human rights. ...\n\nhttp://h05.cgpublisher.com/proposals/494/manage_workspace \nCliffsNotes::Aristotle's Ethics:Book Summary and Study Guide \nAristotle. Previous Page. Table of Contents, About the Author ... The Aristotelian concept of corrective justice is illustrated by the following diagram: ...\n\nhttp://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-21,pageNum-55.html \nAristotle@Everything2.com \nAristotle's description of revolutions and his concept of justice leads him to prescribe equality among the citizens as the ideal form of a state, ...\n\nhttp://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Aristotle
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I do not know of any website as such; there are reference books you could find at any large bookstore. I have seen dictionaries of slang, of cliches, of idioms, of proverbs, of popular sayings, and so on and so forth. (Since there are quite a few sites on quotations, I'm sure that by searching you could find useful information.)
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
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http://www.jrhaule.net/TDfS.html\n\nhttp://www.theberries.ns.ca/ARchives/2001Fall/psychotherapy.html\n\nhttp://www.woodfish.org/bridge.html
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Humanism is a broad category of active ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appeal to universal human qualities— particularly rationality, common history, experience, and belief. Humanism is a component of a variety of more specific philosophical systems, and is also incorporated into some religious schools of thought.\n\nThe exact point in time when the term "Humanism" was first adopted is unknown. It is, however, certain that Italy and the re-adopting of Latin letters as the staple of human culture were responsible for the name of Humanists. Literoe humaniores was an expression coined in reference to the classic literature of Rome and the imitation and reproduction of its literary forms in the new learning; this was in contrast to and against the Literoe sacroe of scholasticism. In the time of Ariosto, Erasmus, and Luther's beginnings, the term umanisa was in effect an equivalent to the terms "classicist " or " classical scholar."\n\nAn industry is generally any grouping of businesses that share a common method of generating profits, such as the "music industry", the "automobile industry", or the "cattle industry". It is also used specifically to refer to an area of economic production focused on manufacturing which involves large amounts of capital investment before any profit can be realized, also called "heavy industry.". As-of 2004, Financial services is the largest industry (or category of industries) in the world in terms of earnings.\n\nA territory is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of an animal, person, organization, or institution (from the word 'terra', meaning 'land').\n•In politics, a territory is an area of land under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority. Territory can, though, include any geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign and does not have a political division status. The remainder of this article deals with political territories. \n•In biology, an organism which defends an area against intrusion (usually from members of its own species) is said to be territorial. For further details see territory (animal) \n•In psychology, environmentalists study territorial behaviour to understand which territory an organism defends and why. Territorial behaviour is defined as: \nThe actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external threats towards the space that is defended by that person or animal.
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http://www.socialpsychology.org/rectips.htm
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hi, \ngo to this link.. its all about 6th sense http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20000701-000034.html
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http://www.psych.umn.edu/psylabs/vpr/msqinf.htm
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David, all the secular humanists that have not been booted off this site by religious fanatics seem to be asleep at the moment, so I will deputize for them. You ask a big question, and you may find this wiki article an interesting introduction, as I did. It will also lead you on to other sources should you wish to get more detail.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism
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I'm not sure, but i would suggest you check under Pshychology for this is a term that belongs under that categorization.
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Responses without sources aren't answers, just opinions.\n\nAnthropomorphism, a form of personification (applying human or animal qualities to inanimate objects) and similar to prosopopoeia (adopting the persona of another person), is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects, natural, or supernatural phenomena. Animals, forces of nature, and unseen or unknown authors of chance are frequent subjects of anthropomorphosis.
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Try www.apa.org\nIt may have some outside resources as well as current topics. I know for a fact you can subscribe to a Psychology magazine.