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Learning is the higher levels of human nature

Humanistic psychologists reject the view that learning is a means to control and shape behavior. Such a perspective views humans as passive pawns in their environment. It ignores the “profoundly holistic nature” of the human being [6, p. xvii]. Maslow [7] envisioned learning as a means to explore the “higher levels of human nature.” This perspective leads to methods for helping individuals make their lives better, develop self-control, and freely progress towards and transcend “full humanness” [7, p. 5].

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