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    Unit 18: Humanistic and Psychodynamic Abraham Harold Maslow- Humanistic Approach Humanistic is the psychology study of how the human works as a whole. This studies the uniqueness of the person through their behaviour. Rather than just observing the humans behaviour‚ humanistic psychologists try to study the humans behaviour first person rather than just observing. Meaning they try to understand the situation and the emotional feelings the person is going through for them to have that specific

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    In at least two works that you have studied‚ discuss the use of minor characters in either supporting or undermining what appear to be the goals of the protagonist. Throughout the two plays‚ Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde‚ the minor characters play an important role in supporting or undermining the goals of the protagonist. In this case‚ in the Streetcar Named Desire‚ Mitch is the minor character that supports the goals of the protagonist

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    2017 In the HBO series In Treatment‚ therapist Paul uses psychodynamic therapy to treat Sophie‚ a 16-year-old gymnast struggling to accept the reality of her negative relationship with her father. The psychodynamic approach stems from Sigmund Freud’s work and his concept of psychoanalytic theory. In Freud’s view‚ mental disorders stem from internal and unconscious conflicts‚ mostly related to suppressed sexual drives. In the psychodynamic approach—which is much less intense and focuses less on sexual

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    Typical stakeholders in an organisation include: * Employees: They want to keep their employment‚ good rates of reward and also promotional opportunities. * Suppliers: They want to feel valued by the company and want frequent orders with prompt payments. * Owners: In a company it would be the stakeholders. They are often thought to be the most important stakeholders as they have set up the business and invest a lot of time into it to make it successful. Owners want to see their

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    Psychodynamic Theorist Psychodynamic Theorist Throughout psychology‚ many theorists are remembered for his or her work in specialized areas. Sigmund Freud‚ Erik Erikson‚ Alfred Adler‚ and Carl Jung were psychoanalysts. Each theorist had his own view and that view was brought into the psychology field and has earned its own right to become a theory. Many of the theories are still used today and may continue to be used in future studies. Sigmund Freud became known as the founding father of

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    DESCRIBE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THE PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH (PCA) DIFFERS TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL (CBT) AND PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACHES TO COUNSELLING. In order to be able to say what the differences are between PCT‚ CBT and Psychodynamic approaches to counselling I have first of all set out below a brief summary of all three; Person centred therapy concentrates mainly on the subjective experience of the client and on how they might lose touch with their own organismic experiencing through taking

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    Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the purposive approach. (10 marks) There are many advantages to the purposive approach. Firstly‚ it gives effect to Parliaments intentions and avoids injustice‚ so the judges can avoid obvious absurdities and injustives so enables them to comply with Parliamentary sovreignity by doing what Parliament would have wanted; even though it’s ignoring the clear meaning of the words Parliament used. For example‚ in Coltman V Bibby Tankers when they had to interpret

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    Discuss two biological explanations of depression (8+16 marks) AO1: One biological explanation for depression is family studies. Family studies have proved that having a first-degree relative with depression appears to be a risk factor of depression. These studies select people who already have the depression (the probands) and examine whether other members of their family have been‚ or might be diagnosed with depression. Research has found that around 20% of such relatives have depression compared

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    field of personality (Cloninger‚ S.‚ 2013). There different perspective theories are psychoanalysis‚ learning theory‚ trait approaches‚ and humanistic psychology; they all work together. Researching these different kinds of perspectives will allow me to understand the perspective better and how they work. Psychodynamic Theories Psychodynamics‚ otherwise called dynamic brain science‚ in its broadest sense‚ is a way to deal with brain science that underscores orderly investigation of the mental

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    Humanistic Psychology states that in order to understand a person‚ you must understand his or her personal view of reality or an individual’s meaning of their life. This approach places great focus on a person’s phenomenology‚ or lived conscious experience of the world such as what they hear‚ feel‚ see and think. These perceptions and experiences of one moving through the world is thought to be more important than the world itself. This grounds the center of an individual and according to Funder

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