Origin
Key Concepts
Strengths
Critiques/
Limitations
Compatibility with SW Ethics
100

A type of psychological theory that reacted against the then dominant schools of psychology, behaviorist and psychoanalytic theory.

What is humanist theory?

100

What is a person’s belief in their ability to behave in the ways necessary to achieve specific goals/ideas?

What is self-efficacy?

100

The _____ based approach focuses on these rather than on problems.

What is strength based?

100

One limitation of the Humanistic Theory is that it may discount _____ concepts.

What are psychoanalytic concepts?

100

Person-Centered theory interventions that prioritize creating clients with ___, ___, ___, and ___ exemplify the social work ethical principle of integrity.

What is warmth, respect, empathy, genuineness, and positive regard (Rogers, 2020, p. 104)?

200

An influential therapist and therapist who founded client centered therapy as a type of humanist theory.

Who is Carl Rogers?
200

What is the name of the psychological theory that outlines one’s needs, from basic needs like food, water and shelter, all the way up to self-actualization?

What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

200

Humanist psychology emphasizes individual ______ and _____ to ensure client centered interventions.

What is Choice and Responsibility?

200

The Humanistic Theory could be viewed as _______ and may not apply to all cultures.

What is ethnocentric?

200

This quote by Carl Rogers illustrates ____ social work ethical values: “...in my early professional years I was asking the question How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth” (C. Rogers, 1961, p. 32)?

What is the Importance of Human Relationships, Service, and Dignity and Worth of the Person?

300

This tumultuous decade featured numerous social movements and anti-war protests that greatly influenced humanist theory.

What were the 1960s?

300

____ is the highest level of being, in which a person is able to reach their full potential after other needs have been met.

What is self-actualization?

300

Humanism begins with the existential assumption that people have______.

What is free will?

300

This theory may be viewed as overly ______.

What is positive?

300

The humanist perspective influenced these social movements in the United States, embodying the social work value of social justice.

What are civil rights, women’s liberation, and anti-war?

400

This author of the book Love and Will was born in Ohio and grew up to be an influential proponent of Existential and Humanist psychological theories.

Who is Rollo May?

400

_____ is the state in which someone’s ideal self and actual self are very similar or the same.

What is congruence?

400

Humanists regard behaviorism and psychoanalysis to be ________.

What is dehumanizing?

400

Humanistic Theory is easily implemented into therapy. True or false?

What is false?

400

In alignment with the social work value of human relationships, this intervention focuses on conflict in interpersonal relationships as barriers to positive development. 

What is transactional analysis?

500

This Connecticut town was the site of an influential conference in 1964 where prominent psychologists began to consolidate and promote their ideas as “humanist” theories.

What is Old Saybrook, Connecticut?

500

_____ is the acceptance and support of someone regardless of their actions and words.

What is Unconditional Positive Regard?

500

These concepts have been “empirically shown to be more effective in producing positive client outcomes than the use of any specific theory” (Rogers, 2020).

What is Respect, Empathy and Positive Regard? 

500

There is not a lot of _____ evidence behind this theory.

What is empirical?

500

Humanist perspectives rely on a vague conceptual framework which can make it challenging to measure and develop this social work value.

What is competence?