Approaches in Psychology 16 marker

AO1 point 1 believes humans are self determining and have free will whereas other approaches are determinist. We are active agents and can choose our own development. Include Rogers and Maslow helped establish and reject models and that each human is subjective to their own lives AO1 point 2 Maslow's hierarchy of needs to get everyone to self actualisation. All 4 other levels of (psychophisilocal, safety, love and self esteem) to reach self actualisation. However, not everyone can reach that due to underlying issues AO1 point 3 Rogers → congruency between your perceived self and your ideal self is important otherwise incongruency can lead to low self esteem. This is originated from childhood, lack of unconditional love and unconditional positive regard. Offers client-centered therapy AO3 point 1 However a weakness of the humanist approach is that it is culturally biased. The humanism ideas of self-actualisation may only apply to the west. This is because the west is more individualist whilst the east is more collectivist. This means the the west work on a 'what's bets for you' basis whilst the west work on a more 'do what's bets for the people in your surrounding' basis. Therefore the humanist approach lacks an universal approach and cannot be generalised to the rest of population. Therefore, we can say it lack external validity. AO3 point 2 This approach is more holistic than many others, as it considers a range of influences on a person and does not try to explain behaviour in simplistic terms. This means it maintains that the only way to understand subjective experience is to consider the whole person. This is a strength as it better represents the complexity of human behaviour, and has more validity than the other approaches. This has therefore helps us create more client-centered therapy and makes each person their own and not part of a general law. AO3 point 3 One strength of the humanistic approach is that it promotes a positive image of the human condition. The humanistic approach has brought back the person into psychology and offers an optimistic alternative to the psychodynamic approach which focuses on negative past experiences. It also the only approach that believes in free will. This is a strength because it gives us a sense of hope and suggests that all humans have the free will to develop towards their goals. intro the humanistic approach tries to step away from the negative approach and is more focused on the idea of free. It steps away from theoretical models and suggests that each human has to be tested to their own individual experiences rather than to a general law. This is supported by Rogers and Maslow