AP PSYCHOLOGY

PERSONALITY

HUMANISTIC THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a school of psychology that emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of maximum potential by each unique individual?
A
Humanistic Psychology
B
Self-Actualization
C
Self
D
Positive Regard
E
Conditions of Worth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Humanistic psychology focuses on each individual’s potential and stresses the importance of growth and self-actualization.

Detailed explanation-2: -Humanistic Psychology emphasizes each person’s unique potential for psychological growth and self-direction. Self-determination, free will and the importance of choice are important in psychological growth.

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. The movement grew in opposition to the two mainstream 20th-century trends in psychology, behaviourism and psychoanalysis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Humanism is a perspective within psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans. Two of the most well-known proponents of humanistic psychology are Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers (O’Hara, n.d.).

Detailed explanation-5: -Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person. Humanistic psychologists look at human behavior not only through the eyes of the observer, but through the eyes of the person doing the behaving.

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