Short answers, pulled from the story.
Humanistic psychology was formally established during an invitational conference held in November 1964 at Old Saybrook, Connecticut. This gathering marked the beginning of what became known as the third force in psychology.
Abraham Maslow developed his hierarchy of needs theory between 1908 and 1970 while Carl Rogers emerged as another founding figure from 1902 to 1987. These figures created foundational concepts including self-actualization and person-centered therapy.
James Bugental published these principles in 1964 stating that humans supersede their parts exist within unique contexts maintain awareness of themselves make choices with responsibility and seek meaning through intentionality.
Behaviorism reduces human action to conditioned reflexes while psychoanalysis focuses on unconscious desires and mental conflicts. Humanistic psychology instead considers the conscious experience of being human and seeks to understand healthy aspects of nature rather than treating people as sick patients or biological machines.
Members of the Association for Humanistic Psychology embarked on three-year efforts starting in 1978 to explore how principles could further positive social and political change. This included holding a 12-Hour Political Party in San Francisco during 1980 where nearly 1,400 attendees discussed presentations by non-traditional thinkers.