★ Must-know
📌 The humanistic approach views people as self-determining active agents with free will, whereas deterministic approaches explain behaviour as shaped by forces outside the person’s control.
📌 Humanistic psychologists prioritise the subjective experience of the individual rather than seeking general laws of behaviour.
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Humanistic freedom contrasts with behaviourist control and psychodynamic conflict.
1. When did the humanistic approach emerge as a response to dissatisfaction with behaviourism and psychodynamic psychology?
2. How does the humanistic approach explain human behaviour differently from a deterministic approach?
3. What do humanistic psychologists prioritise when studying behaviour?
When did the humanistic approach emerge?
In the 1950s and 1960s.
How does the humanistic approach view human behaviour?
As self-determining active agents with free will.
How do deterministic approaches explain behaviour?
As shaped by forces outside the person’s control.
What do humanistic psychologists prioritise over general laws of behaviour?
The subjective experience of the individual.
What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs propose about human needs arrangement?
They are arranged from basic needs at the bottom to higher-order needs at the top.
Who proposed the hierarchy of needs theory?
Maslow.
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