Humanistic Approach (AQA Paper 2)

Humanistic psychologists believe in...

• the power of 'free will'

• environmental and genetic determinism

Humanistic psychologists take a ...

• person-centred approach

• empirical approach

Humanistic psychologist believe that we should study

• the subjective experience of the individual

• only observable and measurable behaviours

Humanistic psychologists aims to

• reveal general laws that can be used to predict human behaviour

• explore each individual's unique potential as an active agent, each being in control of our own destiny

Humanistic psychology emerged in ...

• USA

• UK

• Europe

• Asia

Famous humanistic psychologist

• Maslow

• Watson

• Neisser

• Sperry

Famous humanistic psychologist

• Rogers

• Pavlov

• Jung

• Bandura

Humanistic psychology is known as ...

• the first force in psychology

• the second force in psychology

• the third force in psychology

• the final frontier in psychology

Where Freudians were arguably interested in 'sickness', humanistic psychologists are interested in ...

• wealth

• health

• crime

• family

Who said the need for self actualisation is uniquely human?

• Rogers

• Maslow

• Kelley

• Freud