AS LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY AQA UPDATED
PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Humanistic Approach
Maslows hierachy of needies
Answer: 1) physiological needs
2) safety and security
3) love and belongingness
4) self esteem
5) self actualisation
• Hum psychs regard personal growth as essential, its developing n
changing as a person to become fulfilled satisfied n goal orientated
• However psych barriers preventing person from reaching potential
●● Humanistic approach
Self
Congruence
Conditions of worth
Answer: Self: the way they see themselves
,Congruence: when self concept and ideal self match
Conditions of worth: when a parent places limits or boundaries on their
love of their child
• Rogers: for personal growth to be achieved, self and congruence has to
happen
• If too big of a gap then person experiences incongruence n self act
wont be possible
• Client centre therapy: people with unconditional positive regard from
childhood so therapist needs to give this now
●● +AO3: Humanistic approach
More holistic
Answer: more validity bcs considers meaningful human behv within its
real life context compared to all other approaches
●● +AO3: Humanistic approach
Positive approach
Answer: offers a refreshing and optimistic alternative to E.G Freud -
seeing humans as slaves to their past. H.A sees people as good and free
to work towards achievement of their potential and in control of their
lives
, ●● -AO3: Humanistic approach
Cultural bias:
Answer: ideas such as individual freedom, autonomy, personal growth
more associated with individualist cultures in west. Collectivist such as
India emphasises on needs of the group, community, interdependence
may not identify with values of H.A
●● -AO3: Humanistic approach
untestable concepts:
Answer: vague ideas which are difficult to test - self actualisation and
congruence useful therapeutic tools but hard to assess under
experimental conditions so its ANTI SCIENTIFIC and short on
empirical evidence to support its claims
●● Behaviourist Approach
Assumptions:
Answer: • All behv is learnt from the environment
• Focuses on observable behv
• Animals and humans learn behv in the same way so psychs carry out
exps on animals and extrapolate results to humans
●● Behaviourist Approach
Classical conditioning
PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Humanistic Approach
Maslows hierachy of needies
Answer: 1) physiological needs
2) safety and security
3) love and belongingness
4) self esteem
5) self actualisation
• Hum psychs regard personal growth as essential, its developing n
changing as a person to become fulfilled satisfied n goal orientated
• However psych barriers preventing person from reaching potential
●● Humanistic approach
Self
Congruence
Conditions of worth
Answer: Self: the way they see themselves
,Congruence: when self concept and ideal self match
Conditions of worth: when a parent places limits or boundaries on their
love of their child
• Rogers: for personal growth to be achieved, self and congruence has to
happen
• If too big of a gap then person experiences incongruence n self act
wont be possible
• Client centre therapy: people with unconditional positive regard from
childhood so therapist needs to give this now
●● +AO3: Humanistic approach
More holistic
Answer: more validity bcs considers meaningful human behv within its
real life context compared to all other approaches
●● +AO3: Humanistic approach
Positive approach
Answer: offers a refreshing and optimistic alternative to E.G Freud -
seeing humans as slaves to their past. H.A sees people as good and free
to work towards achievement of their potential and in control of their
lives
, ●● -AO3: Humanistic approach
Cultural bias:
Answer: ideas such as individual freedom, autonomy, personal growth
more associated with individualist cultures in west. Collectivist such as
India emphasises on needs of the group, community, interdependence
may not identify with values of H.A
●● -AO3: Humanistic approach
untestable concepts:
Answer: vague ideas which are difficult to test - self actualisation and
congruence useful therapeutic tools but hard to assess under
experimental conditions so its ANTI SCIENTIFIC and short on
empirical evidence to support its claims
●● Behaviourist Approach
Assumptions:
Answer: • All behv is learnt from the environment
• Focuses on observable behv
• Animals and humans learn behv in the same way so psychs carry out
exps on animals and extrapolate results to humans
●● Behaviourist Approach
Classical conditioning
