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HUMANISTIC APPROACH
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- 1Outline two features of the humanistic prospective in psychologySelf-actualisation: every person has an innate desire to reach their full potential personal growth is an essential and innate part of being human
Congruence: in order for personal growth to be achieved an individual's concept of self must be broadly equivalent to their ideal self - 2What do humanistic psychologists mean by conditions of worth?Lack of unconditional love/unconditional positive regard
A parent who sets boundaries or limits their love for their child are storing up psychological problems for that child
A parent may say 'I will only love you if you are successful' - 3Identify and explain why the humanistic approach is classed as one of the only non-reductionist approaches. Refer to other approaches in your answerHumanistic approach rejects the idea of breaking down behaviour
Behaviourism explains behaviour in terms of simple stimulus response and the biological approach reduces everything to its basic physiological components
Humanists believe that the only way to understand the subjective experience is to consider the whole person
Holism is advocated rather than reductionism - 4Explain what is meant by self-actualisationEvery human has the innate tendency to achieve their full potential - this means reaching the top levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Personal growth is an essential part of life - it is concerned with developing and changing to become a fulfilled, satisfied and goal-orientated human being - 5Explain one problem with the concept of self-actualisationCultural dependency
Related to individualist cultures where the individual is at the centre
Collectivist cultures place more emphasis on the needs of the group and interdependence
This fact does not go well with the humanistic approach, meaning it would be mostly relevant within the culture it was developed - 6Many of the concepts used in the humanistic approach are very abstract - why is this a problem for the approach?The fact that a lot of the concepts are abstract means they are largely untestable
Concepts such as congruence and self-actualisation are problematic to assess under experimental conditions
Makes objectivity and replication difficult - lowered validity - 7The Humanistic approach has been praised for its positivity and for 'bringing the person back into psychology'. Explain thisHumanists promote a positive image of the human condition
Psychodynamic: Freud sees us all as slaves of our past and claims we all exist somewhere between 'common unhappiness' and 'total despair'
Humanistic approach: suggests that all people are basically good and that we are all free to work towards the achievement of our potential.
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