weaknesses of biological and humanistic theories? With which do you agree more? The biological and humanistic theories both have strengths and weaknesses. Focusing on nature versus nurture‚ the biological theory suggests that all behavior stems from genetics and is not a product of our surroundings or environment. Thus‚ it ignores individual effects and differences people experience such as how our bodies react to different stimuli like stress and anxiety. The humanistic theory focuses on the individual
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through these changes‚ you have to have the ability to know how to handle stressful situations. When dealing with humanistic personality‚ this would allow the people to have the freedom to choose their behavior. Humanistic Holistic Theory is a theory that emphasizes on engaging the person as a whole and focusing on the future rather than the pass (Brill & Levine‚ 2005‚ p. 58). This theory let you know that whatever a person has done in their lives‚ they have room to grow and prove that no matter what
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Humanistic Theories of Learning: I. Introduction Humanism‚ a paradigm that emerged in the 1960s‚ focuses on the human freedom‚ dignity‚ and potential. A central assumption of humanism is that people act with intentionality and values. Humanism would concentrate upon the development of the child ’s self-concept. If the child feels good about him or herself then that is a positive start. Feeling good about oneself would involve an understanding of ones ’ strengths and weaknesses‚ and a
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Humanistic Theories Debate Stephanie Becker‚ Christy Healey‚ Veronica Kirk PSY/310 February 02‚ 2015 Dr. Andrews In the history of psychology‚ there are many debates about which psychologist‚ doctor‚ theorists or scientists’ theories were more important to the study. There are many contributors of great importance throughout history. Two contributors‚ Sigmund Feud and B. F. Skinner‚ two great minds‚ looked at many of the same issues in different styles. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was one of
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is piece of work is purely my understanding of humanistic theory‚ how I perceive it‚ and how I believe its teachings (so far) has made me the person that I am today. Looking at the first point “What it means to be human?” Each and every one of us would probably come up with different concepts and ideas of what the answer could be. What we have to remember is that we are specifically looking at the concepts and theory according to the humanistic approach in counselling. As human beings we all
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Humanistic Theory of Creativity: Definitely a theory I believe strongly in. I know for myself that if I am distracted by other things it becomes very difficult to be creative. If I am creative when I have other distractions the quality of my work definitely suffers. Most of the techniques we use in our creative process originate from this theory. Things like brainstorming‚ constructive critique sessions from our peers etc. all stem from the qualities this theory places its emphasis upon. In fact
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Fundamental Viewpoints Adlerian theory considers that there are tasks of life‚ which include love‚ work‚ society‚ spirituality‚ and self (Watts‚ 2000‚ pg.13) and each one exists within a person. When a person has a true sense of community feeling or the sense of belonging does a person have a high social interest (Curlette & Kern‚ 2010). Social interest happens when the individual’s thoughts and behaviors contribute to society as a whole. (Watts‚ 2000‚ pg. 13-14). Adlerian theory states that everyone has
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As the age of technology continues to link up similar minded people in new and more efficient ways‚ conspiracy theories are able to spread like they had not been able to before. Which brings up the question—are they worth exploring? Whenever major life altering events have occurred throughout history‚ conspiracy theories have not been far behind. Whether someone believes the extreme‚ such as the Holocaust never happening‚ or the the more realistic‚ like cover up of the John F. Kennedy assassination
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Two important personality theories are the biological theory and the humanistic theory. The biological theory is based on the premise that all people inherit their characteristics from their family. This theory basically contends that people do not have control over their behaviors because they are genetically pre-determined. The humanistic theory‚ on the other hand‚ is based on the premise that each person has free will to control their actions. This theory does not go along with the idea that behaviors
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Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories A personality is similar to a fingerprint‚ it is distinctive. The Humanistic and Existential. Theories of personality illustrate self-actualization‚ motivation‚ existentialism and person-centered theory. Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explicate the humanistic theory of motivation. Man achieves a situation in life established as self-actualization; nevertheless‚ the principle to achieving self-actualization a high level need‚ commence with
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