Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality The stages of human development are influenced by biological and humanistic theories. Maslow ’s hierarchy of needs stresses the need for and individual to discover their own personality and gain self-control in their personal life. Abraham Maslow had a theory that an individual will desire more in life once they have accomplished the basic needs in life. Humanistic features of personality focus on freedom and self-fulfillment. Unlike Maslow
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The biological approach attempts to explain all behaviour through biology‚ particularly focusing on genetics‚ neurochemistry and hormonal changes as well as how evolution may have shaped human behaviour. Genes carry the instructions for the development of characteristics like intelligence‚ temperament and height. The main focus on how genetics has influenced our behaviour has looked at genotype and phenotype. Genotype is the genes a person has. Phenotype is the characteristics their genes produce
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Biological Approach to Depression The biological approach is based on the idea that depression has a physical or organic cause. One explanation suggests that some people are simply more genetically inclined to develop depression‚ as Hecimovic suggested that it was caused by a mutation in the 5-HTT gene‚ which was responsible for coding for serotonin production‚ and that this mutation is inherited. Family studies‚ twin studies and adoption studies have all helped support the role of genetics in
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The Biological Approach to psychology focuses on the body‚ with emphasis on the brain and nervous system. Psychologists attempt to examine our behavior and our mental processes through our physiological reactions to situations in the world around us. One such example is the way your heartbeat increases when you’re scared‚ our how your palms perspire when you lie. There’s no true way to tell exactly how many biological systems are influenced by our thoughts and feelings‚ but thanks to advances in
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Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality There are two approaches to the study of personality which are the biological and humanistic approaches. The biological approach focuses on the idea that a person is born with traits that will help formulate an individual’s personality. The humanistic approach is the more focused on how you value yourself. It focuses on the creativity and spontaneous nature of humans. In this paper I will discuss
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Innovation has traditionally been seen as technical issue concerned only with machinery and systems. Compare and contrast this technical approach to innovation with the more knowledge-centred approaches discussed on this course. Your answer should draw upon case study evidence to critically assess the value of the two approaches. Innovation is a key element of modern business. In a world full of modern industrialised nations it is essential for big business to innovate. Ed Rhodes and David
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to psychopathology (12 marks) The biological approach is widely used in diagnosing and treating mental illness. The theory suggests that mental illnesses occur due to a physical cause. Physical causes include genetic inheritance‚ viruses‚ toxicity‚ physical trauma for example a head injury or perhaps an imbalance of hormones bought on by stress. These physical‚ external occurrences can distort thinking‚ emotion and behaviours in some people. Studies
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true (Davies & Bhugra‚ 2004). The biological approach and psychoanalytic approach are both deterministic. They both claim that innate componants are responsible for our behaviour. The biological approach claims Behaviour is caused by specific brain structures or that genetic makeup. For example if you have a gene for for a specific behaviour‚ you will exhibit that type of behaviour. Valentine(1992‚ cited in Davey & Sterling‚ 2008). The psychoanalytic approach deterministic as it claims the unconscious
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in the procedure. Traditional approach: Charles Van Riper has been
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Schultz and Schultz (2013) concurs Abraham Maslow’s humanistic approach based on his needs-hierarchy theory and Albert Bandura’s cognitive-behavioral approach on his modeling theory have advanced the ideas to explain the human personality. Maslow’s ultimate goal was "each person is born with the same set of instinctive needs that enable us to grow‚ develop‚ and fulfill our potential (p. 243)." He believed both environmental and psychological factors are needed to be present within the development
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