AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which field of psychology is least deterministic?
A
Humanism
B
Socio-Cultural
C
Neurobiological
D
Cognitive
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What approach towards personality is the least deterministic? humanistic. The humanistic model of personality arose in the opposition to the determinism of earlier models. One of the fundamentals precepts of humanistic psychology is that people have freewill, that their behavior is not predetermined.

Detailed explanation-2: -Humanistic psychology also rejected the psychodynamic approach because it is also deterministic, with unconscious irrational and instinctive forces determining human thought and behavior. Both behaviorism and psychoanalysis are regarded as dehumanizing by humanistic psychologists.

Detailed explanation-3: -humanistic psychology, a movement in psychology supporting the belief that humans, as individuals, are unique beings and should be recognized and treated as such by psychologists and psychiatrists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Humanistic psychologists focus on conscious experience rather than behaviour, and on free will rather than determinism. They argue that people have conscious control over their own lives.

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