Humanistic Approach

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Comparison of View on Human Being Table 2 Comparison of View on Human Being Psychoanalysis approach Behaviourism approach Cognitive approach Humanistic approaches Negative view of people. Neither good nor bad Neither good nor bad Positive view of people. Human being determined by psychic energy and childhood experience. Human being determined by learning experience. Human being determined by cognitions. Little will to make decision. Little will to make decision. People have free will. People have free will. Psychosexual Stage Hierarchy of Needs Psychoanalysis approach, behaviourism approach, cognitive approach and humanistic approaches different from one another in different way. Psychoanalysis approach has negative view of human being.…show more content…
Humanistic criticize Behaviourism simplify human being and ignore human feeling and internal process. Humanistic approach also criticize both Psychoanalysis and Humanistic approach assumption towards human being are based on research on mental illness patient. While, Humanistic approach is based on normal people. Psychoanalysis, Humanistic and Cognitive approach have similar focus point which is look inside or within person, in contrast Behaviourism pay more attention on outside of person means environment of the individual. Psychoanalysis, Humanistic and Cognitive approach also focus on here and now, but Psychoanalysis focus on past…show more content…
Cognitive distortions may play a main role in Social Phobia, such as overgeneralization, labeling ad mislabeling and dichotomous Thinking. For example, individual who has past experience in poor presentation, with overgeneralization individual may think that he or she will poor in any presentation. For those who use labeling and mislabeing dysfunctional thought, they may think that they are totally worthless. Dichotomous thinking may lead individual to think that they are totally failure. All of these dysfunctional thoughts, will trigger fear and anxiety in any of the social
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