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Humanistic psychology was developed in the 1950s
in reaction to both behaviorism and psychoanalysis.
By using phenomenology, intersubjectivity, and first-person categories
the humanistic approach sought to glimpse the whole person
not just the fragmented parts of the personality or cognitive functioning.
Humanism focused on fundamentally and uniquely human issues
such as individual free will, personal growth
self-actualization, self-identity, death,
aloneness, freedom, and meaning.
The humanistic approach was distinguished by its emphasis on
subjective meaning, rejection of determinism
and concern for positive growth rather than pathology.
Some of the founders of the humanistic school of
thought were American psychologists Abraham Maslow
who formulated a hierarchy of human needs
and Carl Rogers, who created and developed client-centered therapy.
Later, positive psychology opened up
humanistic themes to scientific modes of exploration.