humanistic

Question 1

Free will

Answer 1

Self determinding and have free will
Still affected by external and internal influences but can also be active agents
Reject more scientific models that attempt to general principle of human behaviour
Person centred approach

Question 2

Maslows hierarchy of needs

Answer 2

Hierarchy of needs that motivate our behaviour
Primary goal- self actualisation

1st physological needs 
2nd safety and security 
3rd love and belonging 
4th self esteem 
5th self actualisation 

1-4 deficiency needs
5 growth needs

Question 3

Self actualisation

Innate desire to achieve their full potential

Answer 3

Self actualisation is the top of the triangle
The four lower ones must be complete before someone can fulfill their potential
Regards personal growth as an essential part of what it is to be human

Question 4

The self congruence and condition of worth

Answer 4

Personal growth to be achieved
- Concept of self must be equivalent or have congruence with their ideal self
- If the gap is too bad = will experience incongruence and self-actualisation will not be possible
- Due to negative feelings of self worth from incongruence
Reduce the gap
- Client centred thepray counselling to help people cope with the problems of everyday living
- Issues we face as adults eg worthlessness and low self esteem have roots in childhood

Question 5

Explained by the lack of unconditional positive regard

Answer 5

When a parent sets boundaries or limits on their love for their child (conditions of worth)
Storing up psychological problems for that child in the future
Role of effective therapist as being able to provide his client with the unconditional positive regard they had failed to receive as children

Question 6

Not reductionist

Strength- rejects attempts to break up behaviour and experiences into smaller components

Answer 6

Compare to others
Advocates for holism
Idea that subjective experience can only be understood by considering the whole person.
More validity by considering meaningful human behaviour within real world context

Question 7

Counter point

Reductionist approaches are more scientific

Answer 7

Ideals of science is the experiment
Experiment reduce behaviour to independent and dependent variables
Few concepts can be broken down to a single variables and measured
Short on empirical evidence to support claims

Question 8

Positive approach

Strength- optimistic

Answer 8

Bringing back the person into psychology and promoting a positive image of the human condition
Freud saw humans as prisoners of the past
See all people as basically good free to work towards the achievement of their potential and in control of their lives
Refreshing and optimistic alternatives to other approaches

Question 9

Cultural bias

Limitation- culturally biased

Answer 9

Many central ideas eg individual freedom, autonomy and personal growth associated with individualist tendencies.
Collectivist tendencies emphasis more the needs of the group and interdependence.
Humanistic may not be as important as others eg self actualisation
Possible that this doesn’t apply universally and product of cultural context from where it was developed.

Question 10

application

strength- it is used in different areas even though its anti scientific

Answer 10

Not the same impact as other approaches
Behaviourist has dominated
Others have been applied to different areas of psychology
Humanistic has been associated with counselling and person-centred therapies
Lead to all sorts of self help groups eg childline
Hierarchy of needs has been applied to aspects of human motivation
Does have a practical value even though its anti scientific