humanistic approach Flashcards
1
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where and when was it developed
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early 1950s in america
2
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why was it determined the ‘third force’
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aimed to replace the two main approaches- behaviourism and psychodynamic
3
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assumptions of the approach
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- each person can exercise free will
- each person is a rational and conscious being and not dominated by unconscious primitive instincts
- persons subjective experience and understanding of the world is of greater importance to understanding the person than objective reality
- humans should be viewed as a whole and not reduced to component parts
- humans strive towards achieving self-actualisation
- each person is unique
4
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what is free will
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humanistic theories emphasise that people have full conscious control over their own destiny
5
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methodology
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humanistic approach prefers qualitative methods
- unstructured interviewing
- participant observation
- diaries, letters and biographical material
- rejecting scientific methods of experiments and making universal laws about people
6
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maslow
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- was not interested in what went wrong but what could go right with poeple
- believed that the more basic the need to more powerfully it is experienced and the more difficult it is to ignore
