AO3: Humanistic approach

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    Liam

    Cards (3)

    • Strength: Not reductionist
      What? Doesn't follow reductionism
      Who? Reductionist approaches:
      Behaviourist: Stimulus-response
      Cognitive: Information-processing 'machines'
      Biological: Physiological processes
      Psychodynamic: Personality
      Not reductionist:
      Humanistic: Hollism - free-will
      Why? More validity
    • Limitation: Culturally biased
      What? Culturally-biased
      Who? Ideas (personal growth, free will, etc.) more associated with individualist cultures - not collectivist
      Why? Doesn't apply universally
    • Strength: Positive approach
      What? Optimistic
      Who? Freud - prisoners of our past
      VS
      Humanistic psychologists - all people good, free to work towards achievement of their potential
      Why? Refreshing alternative