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- Values personal ideals and self-fulfillment

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- Emphasizes human choice and responsibility

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- Approach is not scientific: doesn't use objective methods and doesn't make predictions that can be proved or disproved.

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- Hard to falsify

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- There is too much emphasis on subjective experience: makes it hard to study

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- It is too positive when it comes to when regarding human behavior: it assumes that individuals that are intrinsically good will choose good paths for themselves.

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Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living, focusing on both individual and societal well-being.

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The realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone.

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The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.

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An idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind.

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The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.

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Emphasises autonomy and free will when choosing behaviour- The approach aims to find an alternative approach to scientific psychology (concentrates on the subjective experiences of individuals and its meaning which cannot be studied in experiments)

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How do modern psychologists explain human behavior? There are many different perspectives when looking at questions and issues in psychology.

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Criticisms and Strengths of Humanistic Psychology

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Criticisms and Strengths of Humanistic Psychology

Criticisms

As with any viewpoint, humanistic psychology hasits critics. One major criticism of humanistic psychology is that its conceptsare too vague. Critics argue that subjective ideas such as authentic and realexperiences are difficult to objectify; an experience that is real for oneindividual may not be real for another person. For this reason, critics believethat conclusions drawn from subjective experiences are almost impossible toverify, making research in humanistic psychology unreliable. In addition,critics claim that humanistic psychology is not a true science because itinvolves too much common sense and not enough objectivity.

Strengths

One of the greatest strengths of humanisticpsychology is that it emphasizes individual choice and responsibility. Humanistic psychology satisfies most people's idea of what being human meansbecause it values personal ideals and self-fulfillment. Finally, humanisticpsychology provides researchers with a flexible framework for observing humanbehavior because it considers a person in the context of his environment and inconjunction with his personal perceptions and feelings.

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Criticisms and Strengths of Humanistic Psychology Criticisms As with any viewpoint, humanistic psychology hasits critics. One major criticism of humanistic psychology is that its conceptsare too vague. Critics argue that subjective ideas such as authentic and realexperiences are difficult to objectify; an experience that is real for oneindividual may not be real for another person.

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The humanistic perspective emphasizes the role of motivation in thought and behavior. Concepts such as self-actualization are essential. Psychologists with a humanist perspective focus on what drives humans to grow, change, and develop their personal potential.

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- Lacks empirical support: a verifiable observation

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Assumes that people have free will and are motivated to achieve their potential and self-actualize.

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- People achieve their full potential by moving from basic needs to self-actualization
- focused on subjective experiences, free-will, and the innate drive to reach self-actualization

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- Provides researchers with flexible framework for observing human behaviors

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- Agree with the main assumptions of Abraham Maslow
- Added that for an individual to grow they needed an environment with genuineness, acceptance, and empathy
- Believed that every person could achieve their goals and desires in life