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The Humanistic Approach Flashcards

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What does the humanistic approach focus on?

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The worth and uniqueness of the individual (less deterministic and more focused on free will).

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What is determinism?

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The belief that all behaviour is governed by factors that are out of our control.

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What is free will?

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Free choice on how to behave (giving one moral responsibility).

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What are the main assumptions of the humanistic approach?

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-Each person is unique and psychology should study the whole person (holism).
-Each person can exercise free will.
-Each person is a rational and conscious being.
-Humans strive towards achieving self-actualisation.

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Human beings can make significant ________ ________ within the ________ imposed by biological and societal forces.

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Personal choices, constraints.

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Why do humanistic psychologists reject scientific methods?

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They believe that every individual is unique (idiographic approach), and don’t believe in making general laws for humans (nomothetic approach).

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What is the idiographic approach?

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Focusing on the individual and emphasising the unique personal experience of human nature.

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What methods do human psychologists prefer (to collect data)?

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Qualitative methods.

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What qualitative methods do humanistic psychologists use?

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-Unstructured interviews: open questions.
-Participant observation: researcher joins in with participant.
-Diaries, letters, biological materials.

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Maslow wasn’t interested in what went ________ with people but rather in what could go ________ with them.

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Wrong, right.

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What did Maslow do?

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He produced a hierarchy of needs (basic needs at the bottom, advanced needs at the top).

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How is self-actualisation to be achieved?

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All previous levels must be met.

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What are the 5 levels (in order of basic needs to advanced needs)?

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Physiological, Safety, Love & Belonging, Esteem, Self-Actualisation.

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What are physiological needs?

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Food, water, sleep, air, shelter, clothing, homeostasis, reproduction.

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What are safety needs?

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Security of body, health, employment, resources (e.g. financial).

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What are love & belonging needs?

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Family, friends, intimacy.

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What are esteem needs?

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Respect (of self and of others), confidence.

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What are self-actualisation needs?

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Morality, acceptance, fulfilment.

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What is self-actualisation?

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One’s motivation to reach their full potential.

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What are deficit needs (in the hierarchy)?

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Physiological, Safety, Love & Belonging.

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Who was Carl Rogers?

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One of the founders of the humanistic approach. He focused on self and self-acceptance.

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What is the self?

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How we perceive ourselves as a person.

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Rogers believed that Freud dealt with the ‘________ ________’ of psychology, and focused on ________ ________.

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‘Sick half’, healthy upbringing.

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What are the two selves?

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The real self and the ideal self.

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What is the real self?

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Who I am as a person and how people see me (objective).

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What is the ideal self?

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Who I wish I am (growth potential, but could be unrealistic expectations).

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When do feelings of self-worth develop?

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Childhood.

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What are feelings of self-worth influenced by?

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Interactions with significant others.

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What is congruence?

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A sense of healthy wellbeing, where consistency between the real self and ideal self is established.

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What is incongruence?

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Where there is a large difference between the actual self and ideal self.

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What does incongruence lead to?

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Low self-worth and anxiety.

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What can widen the gulf between real self and ideal self?

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Defence mechanisms (e.g. denial).

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The ________ our real self and ideal self are to each other, the ________ our feelings of self worth are.

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Closer, greater.

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Rogers believed that people ________ the process of self-actualisation.

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Hinder.

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What are conditions of worth (negative regard)?

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When a person is accepted ONLY if they do as they’re told (strings attached).

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What is unconditional love (positive regard)?

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When a person is accepted for who they are (no strings attached).

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What is an example of conditions of worth?

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‘We’ll love you more if you win this race.’

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What is an example of unconditional love?

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‘We love you no matter what.’

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How does conditions of worth affect people?

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  1. Children who receive conditions of worth develop low self-esteem.
  2. Psychological issues arise, making self actualisation difficult.
  3. Therapists should provide clients with unconditional positive regard to help resolve conditions of worth and guilt.
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How does client-centred therapy help with conditions of worth?

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A therapist that provides unconditional positive regard for clients help resolve conditions of worth, and guide clients towards self-actualisation (focusing on the real self).

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Rogers believed that the individual’s central motivation is to ________ and ________.

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Learn, grow.

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What are the characteristics of a good therapist?

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*Congruence- harmony between real self and ideal self.
*Empathy- understanding of one’s situation.
*Absolute positive regard- unconditional liking and respect.

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What are the strengths of the humanistic approach?

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-Emphasises choice of free will, unlike the other approaches.
-Values personal ideals and self-fulfilment, which is believed to be achievable for everyone.
-Harter: teenagers who have to fulfil false self-behaviour end up disliking themselves.

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What are the weaknesses of the humanistic approach?

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-Little empirical research has been carried out on ‘vague’ terms such as self-actualisation.
-Culturally biased, as many of the ideas of humanistic psychology (autonomy/personal growth) are individualistic values.

Psychology A-Level S5: Approaches In Psychology (AQA) (7 decks)

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