Humanistic Approach
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- Created on: 24-09-19 12:09
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- Humanistic
- Assumptions
- Free Will
- People aren't affected by internal or external processes
- Active agents
- Studies should see people as unique and avoid making universal laws
- Self-Actualisation
- Everyone has a innate ability to achieve their full potential
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- 1- Physiological 2- Safety 3- Belonging 4- Esteem 5- Self-Actualisation
- Personal growth is concerned with developing and changing as a individual
- Self, Congruence and Conditions of Worth
- Rogers argued a individuals' concept of self should have congruence to their ideal self
- Client-centred therapy is used to reduce the gap and help people with everyday problems
- Rogers says that many issues root from lacking unconditional love as a child
- Free Will
- Evaluation
- Not Reductionist- advocates holism, subjective experience can only be understood by considering the whole person, considers real-life
- Limited Application- the approach has limited impact in psychology due to lacking evidence and having abstract concepts
- Positive Approach- promotes a positive image of the human condition as it sees everyone as in control of their lives
- Cultural Bias- many ideas, such as personal growth, are more associated with Western individualistic cultures
- Assumptions
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