Humanistic

Question 1

What are some key assumptions of the Humanistic Approach?

Answer 1

Focus on the conscious experience and free will
Promote personal growth
Holistic view of people
Positive about people

Question 2

Idiographic

Answer 2

Study of individuals - we are unique and so deserve to be understood separate from others

Question 3

Free Will

Answer 3

People are in control and can change the environment, responsible for their actions and own personal growth

Question 4

What did Maslow think?

Answer 4

People have hierarchal needs

Question 5

Self Actualisation

Answer 5

To achieve full potential and become the best you can possibly be

Question 6

What did Rogers think?

Answer 6

For personal growth to be achieved, your concept of self must be equal to ideal self

Question 7

Congruence (Humanistic)

Answer 7

A state in which a person’s ideal self and actual experience are consistent or very similar

Question 8

Conditions of worth

Answer 8

Rules that govern values, beliefs and behaviours – if we break these rules, we expect to receive disapproval and rejection