Humanistic Approach AO3


	Humanistic Approach AO3
	Advantages Holistic - Based on the individual as a whole captivating all their experiences, this strengthens validity in comparison to other approaches as sees behaviour and psychology in real life contexts Free will - Champions free will, gives people responsibility and motivate people and allows for personal change and development throughout life Practical applications in therapy - CCT has been extremely influential which are widely used by psychologists today	Disadvantages Ethnocentric - Many argue that some of the concepts such as self-actualisation is an individualist concept, it may not be applicable to collectivist cultures Does not use scientific methods - Does not use any rigorous objective methods nor does it make predictions that can be proved or disproved, lacking empirical evidence
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Holistic - Based on the individual as a whole captivating all their experiences, this strengthens validity in comparison to other approaches as sees behaviour and psychology in real life contexts
Free will - Champions free will, gives people responsibility and motivate people and allows for personal change and development throughout life
Practical applications in therapy - CCT has been extremely influential which are widely used by psychologists today

Ethnocentric - Many argue that some of the concepts such as self-actualisation is an individualist concept, it may not be applicable to collectivist cultures
Does not use scientific methods - Does not use any rigorous objective methods nor does it make predictions that can be proved or disproved, lacking empirical evidence

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