Friday, October 08, 2004

Humanistic Psychology - Part III

Criticisms
  • The concepts are too vague. Subjective ideas such as real life experiences are difficult to objectify.
  • Conclusions made from subjective experiences are almost impossible to verify
Strengths
  • Emphasizes on individual choice and responsibility
  • Satisfies most people's idea of what being human means because it values personal ideals and self-fulfillment
  • Provides researchers with a flexible framework for observing human behavior because it considers a person in the context of his environment and inconjunction with his personal perceptions and feelings