corresponds to more modern definition of psychology. Zimbardo defines psychology as ’scientific study of behaviour of individuals and their mental processes’ (1992). There are several major approaches in psychology: psychodynamic‚ behaviouristic‚ humanistic and cognitive. This essay focuses on psychodynamic and cognitive approach. Psychodynamic approach was started by Sigmund Freud. In 1900 he published psychoanalist theory of personality‚ in which he had noticed a relation between mental disease
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people seeking treatment for common psychological health problems. It can be seen that people are more willing to choose psychological therapies to treat their problems. The psychological therapies including: psychodynamic therapy‚ behavior therapy‚ humanistic therapy‚ cognitive therapy‚ systemic and family therapies. (Kate Cavanagh(lecture)‚ 2012) In this essay‚ I will focus on the behavior therapy and cognitive therapy. Following paragraph will analysis the behavior therapy and the paragraph next the
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Why do some people believe that the market system is the best mechanism for allocating scarce resources and thereby encouraging a positive investment climate? Explain your answer There are three different types of ways of allocating scarce resources which are pure market economy‚ pure command economy and mixed economy. (Griffiths‚ Wall‚ 2008) Some people believe that the free market is the best mechanism for allocating scarce resources. A pure command economy is an economy in which the government
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did Abraham Maslow’s humanistic approach to management influence later theories of motivation? Explore the influence of Maslow in the works of two more recent management theorists. Introduction Born in 1908 in New York‚ Abraham Maslow was one the most influential humanistic psychologist of his time. As a humanistic psychologist‚ he held great belief that psychology should be based entirely on the individual and his actions (Udechukwe 2009). The basis of his humanistic approach was formed on
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potential‚ which includes Achievement‚ Self-Actualizing‚ Humanistic-Encouraging‚ and Affiliative thinking styles‚ the Passive/Defensive‚ which includes Approval‚ Conventional‚ Dependent‚ and Avoidance thinking styles and the Aggressive/Defensive‚ which includes Oppositional‚ Power‚ Competitive‚ and Perfectionistic thinking styles. This paper will examine my primary & backup thinking styles‚ one style that I believe may be
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was closely followed by approval. My limiting style appears to be humanistic-encouraging. Achievement style person usually set goals & be enthusiastic about working towards challenging but realistic goals. In pursuit of these goals & achieving high quality results‚ they are likely to follow a well developed plan that has been considered in depth. According to LSI score when your achievement score is greater & the humanistic-encouraging & affiliative score are less. A concern for task accomplishment
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aspects of my distinctive thinking and behavioral styles based upon my personal needs and interest. The data analysis did revealed that my “ Humanistic –Encouraging “ style “ with a 40 percentile score was considered my primary thinking style with my back- up style being my “Achievement Style “ where I scored 38 percentile . At work my Humanistic Encouraging style is displayed in both a practical and inter-personal way. My interpersonal; skills is very highly demonstrated in my ability to listen
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constructive behavior. The results plotted on the circumplex are divided into areas defined by higher order and lower order needs of satisfaction‚ security‚ task-centered and people-centered orientations. Within these spheres are 12 separate styles (humanistic-encouraging‚ affiliative‚ approval‚ conventional‚ dependent‚ avoidance‚ oppositional‚ power‚ competitive‚ perfectionist‚ achievement‚ and self-actualizing) which are subsequently grouped into three specific patterns: constructive (reflect self-enhancing
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The life styles inventory is a survey of questions that help us to gain an insight into our own personality and what type of behaviors we exert to others as individuals. It helps us to look at the positive and negative qualities of our personalities and ways to improve upon them. My First style is the Affiliative thinking style. The Affiliative thinking style is manifested in my work and personal life because I tend to value relationships. If I feel I am not forming interpersonal relationships
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the start of it. My backup personal thinking styles as shown in my circumplex are oppositional‚ self-actualizing‚ and humanistic-Encouraging. Its funny how one of my second highest percentiles was humanistic-encouraging. At my church‚ my talent and gift and being an encourager. So this thinking style I most certainly agree with due to the fact that I find myself encouraging people all the time on a regular basis. Even when I’m at work‚ at church‚ at school or just daily doing activities and
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