Motivation, Emotion, and Personality

Implement standard Westernized therapy techniques for all clients, ignoring cultural differences in self-concept.

Encourage all clients to prioritize personal growth over community values, regardless of cultural background.

Tailor therapy goals to honor individual or collective achievements based on the client's cultural background.

Focus solely on resolving immediate psychological distress without considering long-term self-actualization.

It could potentially reinforce harmful behaviors if therapists neglect the assessment of negative actions while offering support.

Indiscriminate application helps avoid biases that may arise from judging certain behaviors negatively during therapy sessions.

Therapists risk alienating clients who do not believe in humanistic psychology by applying this concept universally.

Unconditional positive regard always leads to improved outcomes regardless of behavior assessments.

Security needs

Self-actualization

Social needs

Basic physiological needs

External rewards and punishments are the main source of motivation.

Motivation comes from fulfilling basic physiological needs prior to reaching higher-level personal growth needs.

Cognitive processes like beliefs and expectations shape our motivations most significantly.

Motivation arises primarily from unconscious desires and conflicts.

Treating symptoms through medicinal means.

Adjusting irrational thought processes.

Facilitating client self-discovery and personal growth.

Utilizing exposure therapy to confront fears directly.

The humanistic perspective suggests that physical needs are most important in shaping personality.

It supports the idea of unconscious motivations as the primary driver of behavior.

Both theories focus heavily on childhood experiences for personality development.

It emphasizes individual growth and potential rather than unconscious influences.

Use exposure therapy methods to desensitize individual from negative belief patterns

Invoke the defense mechanism of projection as a coping strategy for feelings of inadequacy

Provide medication to regulate underlying chemical imbalances associated with mood

Encourage growth towards self-actualization by facilitating an environment of unconditional positive regard

Identical esteem needs experienced by individuals irrespective of their cultural context.

The similar ways safety needs are met within both collectivist and individualist societies.

The universal physiological needs that remain constant across different cultures.

The emphasis placed on communal relationships versus individual autonomy within a culture.

Balancing transparency with the avoidance of unnecessary self-disclosure that could complicate the client-therapist relationship.

Revealing all personal details to clients for demonstrating complete honesty.

Always assuming a different persona during therapy sessions to maintain professional distance.

Avoiding all forms of authenticity because it can lead to biased treatment.

Behavioral reinforcement

Systematic desensitization

Cognitive restructuring

Unconditional positive regard