Does anyone know what the main strengths and weeknesses of humanistic psych are?

Question

PLEASE HELP!!!!

Answer 1

Humanistic Psychology came around because people believed that behavioural psychology, which came before, was too "reductionist" i.e. it treated humans as no more than a basic creature. The strengths of the humanistic approach are basically that it's favourable - it says we all strive to be the best we can be, and who will argue with that? That is pretty much it's only strength - the weaknesses are that it doesn't make sense because if we're all trying to be the best we can be, why are there criminals, delinquents, drunks, anyone who isn't at the 'top' of society (I don't know how to say that without sounding harsh). It's very difficult to measure as well so people have argued that the approach is not 'scientific' as it relies a lot on self-report, where people say how they feel, what they think, their aims etc.

Humanistic psychology looks at society as a whole - it generalises the findings of the research (which, as I said, aren't that accurate) to all members of society and tends to ignore individual differences. It pretty much crashed and burned when psychologists developed cognitive psychology.

Answer 2

confidence and fear , no fear with respect flows nicely.