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In this task, reflect upon and answer the following questions:
- What assumptions about human nature do humanistic psychologists make?
- What is the role that the self and personal authenticity are believed to play in personality?
- What personality characteristics does positive psychology focus on and how does that emphasis expand our knowledge of personality?
- How do humanistic theorists explain anxiety and/or depression?
- How do positive psychology theorists explain anxiety and/or depression?
Support your assignment with at least five references from scholarly resources.
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Running head: HUMANISTIC APPROACH TO PERSONALITY
Humanistic Approach to Personality
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What assumptions about human nature do humanistic psychologists make?
Humanistic psychology, commonly referred to as humanism is based on the belief that
human beings are naturally good. Humanistic psychologists hold that positive intentions,
morality, and ethical values are the driving factors towards behavior. They also attribute adverse
social and psychological experiences to a deviation from natural inclinations. Proponents of this
psychology assume that each has a unique way of understanding and perceiving the world and
that their actions only make sense from this perspective. Subsequently, the type of questions that
humanistic psychologists ask are different from those asked by psychologists from other schools
of thought.
The aim of humanistic psychologists is to understand people subjectively and therefore
are opponents of the objective and scientific way of understanding people (Jourard, 2004). For
example, a humanistic psychology would ask a question like, ‘what is it like to be this person'
but not the question ‘what is this person like.' Humanistic psychologists advocate for the idea
that individuals have a free will and therefore have the capability to make a choice on their
actions. They also assume that all individuals develop a tendency of to grow and fulfill their
potential. Hence most of the resear...