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Toward a Psychology of Being
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The need to know and the fear of knowing are two major obstacles in the development of a growth and self-actualization psychology as discussed by the authors, as well as the need to be validated.Abstract:
A LARGER JURISDICTION FOR PSYCHOLOGY. Introduction: Toward a Psychology of Health. What Psychology Can Learn from the Existentialists. GROWTH AND MOTIVATION. Deficiency Motivation and Growth Motivation. Defense and Growth. The Need to Know and the Fear of Knowing. GROWTH AND COGNITION. Cognition of Being in the Peak-Experiences. Peak-Experiences as Acute Identity-Experiences. Some Dangers of Being-Cognition. Resistance to Being Rubricized. CREATIVENESS. Creativity in Self-Actualizing People. VALUES. Psychological Data and Human Values. Values, Growth, and Health. Health as Transcendence of Environment. FUTURE TASKS. Some Basic Propositions of a Growth and Self-Actualization Psychology. Appendices. Bibliography. Additional Bibliography. Index.read more
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