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