psychoanalytic approach and humanistic approach to understanding and explaining behaviour.?

Answer 1

you might wanna elaborate, i'm a little lost?

Answer 2

Psychoanalysis is based on the idea that our thoughts, feelings, and behavior are related to conflicts going on in our unconscious minds. Freud believed that unresolved conflicts from childhood cause people to behave in unhealthy ways. The goal of psychoanalytic therapy is to try to uncover these hidden conflicts and resolve them so that the person's behavior will change.

Humanism developed as a response to Psychoanalysis and Behaviorism. The humanistic theorists believed that it's wrong to suggest that human behavior can be programmed or determined unconsciously as though the person were an animal or a computer. Humanistic approach stresses self-determination and conscious thought. The goal of humanistic therapy is for the therapist and client to talk about the client's thoughts and feelings, to help the client get in touch with themselves.

Humanistic theorists felt that Psychoanalysis stressed what's "wrong" with the person, so Humanism should stress what's "right." On the other hand, Humanism has been accused of being more of a "touch-feely" type of approach that doesn't really get to the bottom of a person's problems.

Answer 3

The Psychoanalytic approach was first postulated by Sigmund Freud and holds that childhood experiences influence later, adult, behaviour. It also emphasises the influence of unconscious fears, desires and motivations on thoughts and behaviour.

The Humanistic approach, advocated by Abraham Maslow, holds that we are 100% free to direct our own future (and hence our behaviour). It theorises a hierarchy of needs, self-actualisation being the highest. A person, under the theory, moves to the next level only when the needs at the current level are satisfied.

If one were to pitch one theory against the other, one soon realises that neither is 100% accurate. It is true that childhood experiences affect our behaviour but it is also possible, through sheer willpower, to negate - or learn to ignore - those influences so that we may move ahead. Similarly, it is important to understand that subconscious influences that we are not even aware of may prevent us from making the rational decisions that Maslow says we can make.

Answer 4

IN psychoanalytic theory in general, problems arise from unresolved conflicts encountered in previous relationships that continue to get played out in current relationships as an attempt to resolve the conflict. The problem is that the individual does not know how to resolve the conflict, so continues to recreate the conflict and does things subconsciously that keeps the conflict from resolution. Humanistic theory is more about self-esteem. People have poor self-esteem so they have difficulty.

Answer 5

Check the Guide to Humanistic Psychology and Bibliography

Answer 6

humanistic - people are unique holistic approach. treats a person as a whole. look at the whole person to find behaviour

psychoanaltic - id, ego, super ego. conflicts with parents, defense mechanisms stop us getting hurt eg denial, regression, projection, freudian therapy - free association - words come into head, dream interpretation.

Answer 7

im not sure what your question is honey, can you be more specific?