What does the existential approach in psychology focus on?

a) Understanding human beings in terms of classical and operant conditioning
b) The human being as he or she is emerging and becoming
c) The interaction of id, ego, and superego
d) The death instinct in human beings


Ans: b) The human being as he or she is emerging and becoming

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