Humanistic approach revision notes perfect to consolidate information and prepare for exams. Focuses on free will, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the self, congruence, rogers client-centred therapy as well as the evaluation points for this approach.
Humanistic Approach
Free Will
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Self-Actualisation
The Self, Congruence and Conditions of Worth
Rogers Client-centred Therapy
Evaluation of the Humanistic Approach
Not Reductionist
Positive Approach
Limited Application
Cultural Bias
Behaviour with emphasis on the importance of subjective experience and each
person’s capacity for self-determination.
Free Will
Humans make choices which are not determined by biology or the environment
Humans are self-determining, active agents
Rogers and Maslow - reject the scientific method for general laws
They see humans as all being unique to their subjective experiences
Pursuing the idiographic approach
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Humanistic Approach 1
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