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Who created the humanistic approach?

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Maslow

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Which approach was the humanistic approach in response to?

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The behaviourist approach

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What are the key assumptions of the humanistic approach?

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  1. Humans have free will
  2. Everyone is unique and should be viewed holistically
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Outline how free will can link to behaviour.

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The humanistic approach views behaviour as a choice, rather than a response to a stimulus, (as stated in the behaviourist approach)
* This means that our behaviour is not environmentally or biologically determined

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Does the humanistic approach believe that we can generalise the results of experiments?

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No, because it believes that all people are unique

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Does the humanistic approach believe we should reject the scientific method?

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  • Yes
  • This is because, the humanistic approach says that Psychology must focus on what makes us human, which cannot be done through the scientific method
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What are the different kinds of needs in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

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  • Physiological needs
  • Safety needs
  • Love and belonging
  • Esteem
  • Self actualisation
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Explain Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

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  • Maslow believed that all humans had a hierarchy of needs
  • And that once you progressed through one stage, you move on to the next
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Give 3 examples of physiological needs according to Maslow.

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  • Food
  • Water
  • Warmth
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Give 2 examples of safety needs according to Maslow.

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  • Safety
  • Security
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Give 2 examples of love and belonging according to Maslow.

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  • Intimate relationships
  • Friends
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What is the primary example of esteem needs according to Maslow?

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The feeling of accomplishment

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Self-actualisation

It has two differenment meanings

Give them both + Say which researchers the meanings correlate with

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  1. To Maslow self-actualisation refers to fufiling our human potential and reaching the highest level of the hierarchy of needs
  2. To Rogers, self-actualisation refers to when our self-concept is congruent with our ideal self, because we have no conditions of worth
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Give an example of something humans desire in order to achieve self-actualisation.

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Knowledge/Education

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What are the three broad types of needs outlined in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

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  1. Basic needs
  2. Psychological needs
  3. Self-fulfillment needs
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What type of needs are physiological and safety?

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Basic needs

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What type of needs are love, beloning and esteem?

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Psychological needs

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What type of needs are ones which allow us to self-actualise?

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Self-fulfillment needs

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Outline the theory of self.

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  • Self-concept = What you think of yourself
  • Real self = What others think of you
  • Ideal self = Who you would like to become

Rogers believed that if someone’s self-concept was congruent with their ideal self then an individual would feel fufilled and self-actualised

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Who came up with the theory of the self?

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If a person’s self-concept doesn’t match their ideal self, then what may they benefit from?

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Humanistic counselling

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What were Rogers beliefs on conditions of worth?

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  • Rogers believed that if you had conditions of worth would prevent someone’s self-concept from being congruent with their ideal self
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Conditions of worth

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Things that we think we need to change or achieve in order to have self-worth

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What is one of the main features of humanistic counselling?

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Unconditional positive regard

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**Unconditional positive regard**
The process by which humanistic counsellors remove a clients conditions of worth, allowing their self-concept to become congruent with their ideal self (Meaning that they can self-actualise)
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What things would you include in a 16 marker on the humanistic approach? | Be very broard
* Humans have free will * Everyone is unique * How it rejects the scientific method * Maslow's hierarchy of needs * Rogers' theory of the self + conditions of worth * How humanistic counselling can remove conditions of worth, allowing people self-actualise according to Roger
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Referring to two assumptions of the humanistic approach, explain why humanistic psychologists have rejected the scientific method. [4 marks]
**All humans are unique and should be viewed holistically** * Scientific explanations often try to reduce behaviour down to single variables *Scientific method tries to be reductionist * If humanists believe we should be viewed holistically then the scientific method is not suitable - Doesn't account for dispositional variables **Humans have free will** * If humans have freedom to make choices then we cannot simply predict behaviour or why behaviour occurs * Some experiments try to do this by establishing cause-and-effect relationships
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What are the evaluation points for the humanistic approach?
**Strengths** * Positive applications towards therapy * Unique approach, as it adopts holism, unlike the cognitive, biological and psychodynamic approach **Limitations** * Unscientific approach * It doesn't account for biological factors, which could influence behaviour
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AO3 - Unscientific Approach - Limitation
* Based on vague and abstract concepts that cannot be studied scientifically * Ex: Self-actualisation is not a dependent variable which can be operationalised, meaning it can't be studied using the scientific method * Concepts are unfalsifiable, (Popper's hypothetico-deductive model of science)
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AO3 - Doesn't account for biological factors influencing behaviour - Limitation
* Can be linked to being holistic * The more holistic the approach is the more factors it will include * This can lead to less emphasis being placed on each reductionist explanation - (As all of them are being considered holistically) * Due to the limited emphasis on biological factors, the approach is unlikely to have applications to treating disorders caused by biological factors, (Ex: OCD)
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AO3 - Unique due to holism - Strength
* Humistic approach is holistic * Cognitive, biological and psychodynamic approaches are all reductionist * Humanistic approach therefore provides a more refreshing and innovative approach to explaining behaviour ## Footnote + Statistically - The more factors considered, the more chance that the approach will be able to accurately explain behaviour
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AO3 - Practical applications to therapy - Strength
* Rogers' client-centred therapy and humanistic counselling have had positive impacts on Psychology * They have, (using unconditional positive regard), removed pateitns conditions of worth, allowing them to self-actualise * Humanistic counselling emphasises that behaviour is down to free will * This matters, because it can make patients feel optimistic about changing bad behaviours and self-actualising as they know behaviour is not environmentally or biologically determined

A-Level Psychology Paper 2 (6 decks)

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