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humanistic psychology
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Within Vinony's link graph, humanistic psychology is referenced by 1,006 other articles, and connects out to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, holism and psychology of religion.
It is catalogued under topics including Existential therapy and Humanistic psychology.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that arose in the early- to mid-20th century in response to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory and B. F. Skinner's behaviorism. The work of Otto Rank and Carl Rogers centered the individual more in therapy. Abraham Maslow built on their work establishing a "third force" in psychology in the 1950s.
Some elements of humanistic psychology are
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