4: Humanistic Psychology and Positive Psychology

This chapter starts with a history of the rapid expansion of psychology in the 19th and 20th centuries. The influence of Freud, Watson, Jung, Adler and the behaviourists Pavlov and Skinner is considered for their relevance to the emergence of CBT and later PP. The chapter explores the foundation of humanistic psychology as a counter movement to mainstream psychology, a mantle positive psychology was later to adopt. The criticisms of PP are aired, with coverage of the Second and Third Waves which attempt to make it more global, embrace wider methodologies and increase collaboration with other domains.