The humanizer.

Landsman, Ted

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“…He cites hundreds of empirical studies published from this perspective and has recently founded a new journal for the publication of construct theory investigations (Neimeyer & Neimeyer, 1987). In addition one is mindful of all of the natural science empirical work which has been inspired by Carl Rogers' original formulations (Patterson, 1984) and the work which has followed from Abraham Maslow's theorizing (Maslow, 1987) as well as the work of Ted Landsman (1974) and his students (Privette, 1981) in the investigation of the “Beautiful and Nobel Person”. Because this type of humanistic psychology is so wide ranging, it is not feasible to list graduate programs in the same way the programs were listed for the human science group.…”

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Progress in the development of a science of persons.

Epting¹

1987

The Humanistic Psychologist

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This article is based, in part, on an earlier paper entitled "The Possibility of a Science of Persons" (Epting, 1975/76). In that article the argument was made for the development of a humanistic science in psychology; one that would both expand the natural science method to handle more of human experience and would support further development of the human science methods in terms of a more detailed and explicit statement of procedures. I am happy to report that, at this time, some of these objectives have been accomplished. In addition these accomplishments appear to be less well hidden from American psychology than they have been in the past even though we remain in the get tough, be tough, accountability minded, be number one, sit-com escapism atmosphere of the 1980s. The purpose of this article is to provide an assessment of the ways in which humanistic psychology has developed over the past ten years in terms of scientific investigation. One way to undertake this task is to take the position that humanistic psychology has met the challenge of providing a science of human experience and behavior by developing in two general directions. In one direction are psychologists who have retained the natural science method.In the other direction one finds psychologists who have departed from this method in order to explore a number of other methods which have come to be known as the human science methods. Of course, in everyday life, many humanistic psychologists find themselves pursuing knowledge in both directions at different times of the day. Humanistic Psychology as a Human ScienceSponsored by Division 32 (humanistic psychology) of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Arons (1985) has recently completed the second edition of the Directory of Graduate Programs in Humanistic-Transpersonal Psychology in North America which lists 37 graduate programs, some offering only the master's degree, while others offer the Ph.D. and/or Psy.D. These programs have not only undertaken graduate training in humanistic theory but have also undertaken the development of humanistic methods (human science methods) in order to investigate the nature of the events described by these theories.

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Section: Humanistic Psychology As a Natural Sciencementioning

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Progress in the development of a science of persons.

Epting¹

1987

The Humanistic Psychologist

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“…Most could feel that he was committed to their growth no more and no less than to the growth of the rest of the human race. This commitment to a social therapy through the personal growth of members of society, which informed his most- cited article, “The Humanizer” (landsman, 1974), was nowhere as welcome as in his work for peace in the Middle East. Here, my father's ability to listen, to identify and relate to human emotion in a remote and confusing part of the world, created intense friendships with people from opposing sides of the political fabric.…”

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The courage to be not: In memoriam of Ted Landsman.

Landsman¹

1990

The Humanistic Psychologist

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The Babylonian Talmud (Tracte Berachot 5b) relates that Rabbi Yochanan called on Rabbi Elazar, who was ill. Upon arriving, he found that R. Elazar was tying in a dark room. As R. Yachanan was so beautiful his skin shone, he pulled up his sleeve and lit the room, finding that R. Elazar was crying. "Why do you weep?" he asked. "If you have not learned enough, you know that the quantity is not important as long as your heart is directed toward heaven. If it is because you are poor, you know that one cannot always be rich in both worlds, and if it is because of your children who have died, here is the bone of my tenth child!" (R. Yochanan lived a long life, outliving most of his children). R. Elazar replied, "I am crying because the beauty I now see before me will one day turn to dust." "That," said R. Yochanan, "is something to cry for." And they cried together.For the decade-and-a-half before his fatal illness, my father, Ted Landsman, was immersed in developing his concept of the high-level human being, which he called "the beautiful and noble person (BNP)." This name, which earned him some academic ridicule, was not chosen by chance. My father immersed himself in beauty, in its widest sense: He reveled in the outdoors, and especially enjoyed the company of birds. I once caught him in the embarrassing act of teaching a wild squirrel to eat out of his hand by Skinnerian successive approximations. He loved to surround himself with music, to the point of placing speakers by the pier of the lake where he lived. He was a compulsive visitor of art galleries, and had a large poetry collection, which spanned several languages and periods. Yet, as in the case of the beauty of R. Yochanan, he saw the highest form of beauty in the social perfection of the human being. His favorite operas were Puccini: the poor (La Boheme) and the oppressed (Madame Butterfly). The paintings he preferred were usually religious themes, especially Chagall. He also saw therapy as a high form of interpersonal art, designed This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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Optimal Functioning

Philip¹,

Epting²,

Brafman³

2010

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology

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The area of optimal functioning was introduced into modern scientific psychology by Marie Jahoda. Those contributing most heavily to the area or optimal functioning were originally humanistic psychologists, who see optimal functioning as qualitatively different from normality or lack of pathology. More recently, the mantle of optimal functioning has been taken up by those in the fields of positive psychology and athletic performance.

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The humanizer.

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Progress in the development of a science of persons.

Progress in the development of a science of persons.

The courage to be not: In memoriam of Ted Landsman.

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