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Instructor Thomas S. Rue teaches Humanistic Psychology for Universalclass. The class is designed to acquaint students with the humanistic movement in the context of psychology and counseling. Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that emphasizes wholeness and health in the study and education of humans. The whole person consists of a union of body, mind, and spirit. Humanistic psychologists emphasize the importance of looking at human behavior and its causes through the eye of the subject being observed, rather than only through the eyes of the observer. This emphasis is referred to as phenomenology or a phenomenological perspective the science or study of phenomena, things as they are perceived, as opposed to the study of being, the nature of things as they are.
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There have been many theorists who have contributed to the development of humanistic psychology. A Dr. Combs writing in 1949 helped to develop the field of phenomenology. Phenomenology is the belief that a person will behave in a manner consistent with his perceptual field. In other words, reality is not inherent in the event, but in the individual's perception of the event. Humanistic psychologists draw on this phenomenological belief because they strive to take into account a person's perception of an event when studying human behavior.
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Pursuing a separate but related line of inquiry in Chapter 8, the chair of humanistic psychology at the University of Southern California, Donald Polkinghorne, investigates contemporary conceptions of the self. In this authoritative commentary, he shows how contemporary perspectives on the self broaden but do not necessarily deepen psychological understanding. Despite the stereotypes about isolated individualism, Polkinghorne elaborates, humanistic psychology offers a dimension of intimacy and embodiment to the study of the self with profound interdisciplinary implications.
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The psychology program is grounded in humanistic psychology. A basic belief of humanistic psychology is the human beings should be studied using a holistic approach and not compartmentalized as is ofte the case in tradiotnal psychology. Students are required to take foundational courses in general psychology and are then encouraged to explore more specific areas within the discipline, such as existential psychology, art or dance therapy, or related areas, such as human services, transpersonal psychology, and gender studies. The program provides students with a strong base and an exposure to the field in preparation for graduate study.
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