Humanistic Psychology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. The Historical Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Psychology

      • Carl F. Graumann

      Pages 3-18

   3. Humanistic Psychology and Metapsychology

      • Amedeo P. Giorgi

      Pages 19-47

   4. The Impact of Phenomenological and Existential Philosophies on Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

      • Thaddeus E. Weckowicz

      Pages 49-74

3. Experiencing and Epistemology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Discontinuities

      • Joseph Lyons

      Pages 77-96

   3. Why Man is Prior to Science in any Science of Man

      • John Charles Cooper

      Pages 97-108

   4. Toward an Epistemological Basis for Humanistic Psychology

      • Harold G. Coward, Joseph R. Royce

      Pages 109-134

4. Paradigm and Method

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. The Duality of Experience and the Perplexities of Method

      • Harold G. McCurdy

      Pages 137-158

   3. Descriptive Methods for Inquiry in Human Psychology

      • Donald Kuiken

      Pages 159-181

5. Interdisciplinary Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. The Anthropological Foundations of a Humane Psychology

      • Harry Garfinkle

      Pages 185-233

   3. Naturalism, Humanism, and the Theory of Action

      • Richard Jung

      Pages 235-249

6. Critical Analysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251

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   2. The Very Idea of a “Humanistic Psychology”

      • Herman Tennessen

      Pages 253-260

   3. Humanistic Psychology as a Protest Movement

      • Daniel E. Berlyne

      Pages 261-293

   4. Epilogue

      • Floyd W. Matson

      Pages 295-304

7. Back Matter

   Pages 305-311

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THE FORMATIVE TENDENCY I have often pointed out that in my work with individuals in therapy, and in my experience in encounter groups, I have been led to the con­ viction that human nature is essentially constructive. When, in a ther­ apeutic climate (which can be objectively defined) a person becomes sharply aware of more of his or her internal experiencing and of the stimuli and demands from the external world, thus acquiring a full range of options, the person tends to move in the direction of becoming a socially constructive organism. But many are critical of this point of view. Why should such a positive direction be observed only in humans? Isn't this just pure op- · . ? timi sm. So quite hesitantly, because I have to draw on the work and thinking of others rather than on my own experience, I should like to try to set this directional tendency in a much broader context. I shall draw on my general reading in the field of science, but I should like to mention a special indebtedness to the work of Lancelot Whyte in The Universe of Experience (Harper and Row, 1974), the last book he wrote before his death. Though the book has flaws, in my judgment this historian has some thought-provoking themes to advance. I have learned from many others as well.

• Humanism
• Humanistic Psychology
• death
• nature
• philosophy
• psychiatry
• psychology
• psychotherapy
• science
• therapy

• University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

  Joseph R. Royce, Leendert P. Mos

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