Approaches-humanistic approach

Question 1

Assumptions of Humanistic Approach

Answer 1

Free Will
Self, congruence and condition of worth

Question 2

What is free will?

Answer 2

People are active agents who can determine their own development

Question 3

‘Self’ term means?

Answer 3

They way they see themselves, who they are

Question 4

Explain congruence

Answer 4

Is when the ‘self’ and the ‘ideal self’ of a person has little gap, they will experience congruence where they will achieve self-actualisation.

Question 5

Explain conditions of worth

Answer 5

When your parents, or a person sets boundaries on the love they give

Question 6

Self-actualisation meaning?

Answer 6

The desire to become the best versions of ourselves, through personal & psychological growth

Question 7

What is Client centred therapy (CCT), what is the purpose of it. What will they do in CCT?

Answer 7

A type of counselling aims to reduce the gap between ‘self’ & ‘ideal self’ and experiencing congruence. Therapists will give patients unconditional positive regards, which is what they might lack in childhood.

Question 8

Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs.

Answer 8

Psychological needs –> safety needs –> Belonging and love needs –> esteem needs –> self-actualisation

Question 9

3 Evaluation points of the Humanistic approach

Answer 9

Not Reductionist - Strength
Untestable and subjective concepts
Positive approach

Question 10

Explain evaluation point: Not reductionist

Answer 10

*Humanist app reject breaking up behaviour and experience into smaller components
+Behaviourists explain human & animal in stimulus
+Freud described human personality as conflict between 3 things: Id,ego,superego
+Cognitive sees humans as ‘machines’
=>Humanist app advocates holism, subjective experience can only be understood by considering the whole person
–> This approach has more validity

Question 11

Explain evaluation point: Untestable and subjective concepts

Answer 11

*Humanism suffers from lack of evidence and cannot be measured
+Lack empirical evidence & no possibility to systemically observe & measure the processes
+Concepts maybe useful to therapy but cannot be assessed under experimental conditions
+Rogers did attempt to help by Q-sort, an objective measurement for humanist app but failed.
=> Humanist app can only be useful under specific conditions like in therapy. Cannot be measured and untestable