The Humanistic Approach

Question 1

Humanistic psychology

Answer 1

People centred

Question 2

Free will

Answer 2

The ability to make significant personal decisions within biological/societal constraints.

Question 3

Self actualisation

Answer 3

Everyone has an innate achieve their full potential.

Question 4

Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 4

Levels:
Self actualisation
Esteem
Love/Belonging
Safety 
Physiological

Question 5

Congruence

Answer 5

How similar you’re actual self is to your ideal self.

More similar = happier

Question 6

Conditions of worth

Answer 6

Perception that acceptance from others depends on meeting their expectations.

Question 7

How does one achieve self-actualisation

Answer 7

Complete all the levels of the hierarchy of needs.

Question 8

Counselling using the humanistic approach

Answer 8

Therapists provide empathy and unconditional positive regard, helping the client in finding self-actualisation.

Question 9

Evaluation of humanistic approach

Answer 9

+ v positive approach, people striving to be better
+ free will major part of approach - not deterministic which is good as human behaviour is very complex nature
+ counselling techniques from this approach found to be v effective
+ treat individual as a whole, not reducing to cause and effect
- doesn’t really consider genes
- based on feelings = subjective = hard to test scientifically and establish cause and effect (hard to measure self actualisation)
- idiographic so doesn’t create generalised laws that can be applied to everyone = less scientific