humanistic approach

Question 1

strength: holistic approach

Answer 1

takes into account how a person’s subjective experience influence and explain behavior, behaviorism reduce complex human behavior to stimulus, response, association, humanism more valid way of understanding behavior in real life context

Question 2

strength: practical applications

Answer 2

principles of theory, humans have free will to choose behavior, led to person centered therapy, treat abnormalities in real world, depression by helping individual achieve congruence and self actualization, unconditional positive regard, important part of applied psych

Question 3

limitation: culturally relativism

Answer 3

self actualization and personal growth individual cultures, collectivist cultures (India) associated with community and working as a group, don’t aim to self actualize, approach doesn’t apply universally and limited to western cultures

Question 4

strength: positive stance

Answer 4

takes a positive stance to explaining behavior, argues for free will, individuals can choose behavior, neglect influences, choices in life affect whether self actualize, more positive compared to deterministic theories