Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic, behaviorist, and humanist assumptions about psychology and human behavior
What will be an ideal response?
Psychoanalysts focus on unconscious drives when trying to explain human personality, motivation, and behavior. This rather pessimistic view of humanity places people at the mercy of primitive drives of which they are often unaware. Behaviorists argued that psychologists should only study what can be directly observed (i.e. behavior) and should abandon any attempt to study consciousness. Behaviorists argue that behavior develops under the control of the environment and that humans therefore do not have free will. Humanists emphasize unique human qualities such as self-concept, freedom, and potential for personal growth. This is an optimistic view of humanity.
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a. ?obsessions b. ?dissociations c. ?ruminations d. ?cognitive distortions