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Psychology Personality
There are six approaches for studying the personality development of a person. Two of the most popular ones are the biological and humanistic approaches. The other four of these approaches include the trait, cognitive, behavioral and psychoanalytic. Each of these approaches are used to describe the system through we acquire our personality and factors that influence this personality development. The use of the approach is determined by the psychotherapist as well as the client, as they can differ from one person to another with respect to their effectiveness. However, it is the responsibility of the therapist to make sure that the approach used by him would be appropriate for the particular client he is dealing with. Even though it is not expected of the therapist to specialize in all the approaches, he should at least have an idea about each one of them. In this paper, we will discuss the two most commonly used approaches; humanistic and biological and compare and contrast them with each other.
Biological approach
Psychologists and therapists who think that biological approach is the appropriate one are the ones who believe that the personality of the person is derived from the personality of their parents. In other words it can be said that they believe personality is a genetic subject. According to this approach, when a person is born, they have a certain foundation on which the personality is based later on. This belief contradicts the blank slate position of many therapists who believe that when a person is born, he or she does not have any personality but a person learns from the personality of his or her parents...
This indicates a predisposition towards certain personality traits. However, this does not determine the personality of a person for the rest of his life. There are many ways to understand the temperament of the people, especially children by their actions. For example, when we observe the children who are playing, we can tell if they are inhibited or uninhibited. An inhibited child would be seen as a withdrawn one, who is only watching the others play and not participating much himself, meanwhile an uninhibited child will be moving around and interacting with others (Sawyer, 2009).
Humanistic Approach
Humanistic approach is not the same as biological approach as it explains that the control of the personalities is in the hands of the people. It states that people are responsible for their actions. Psychologists who make use of this approach are of the belief that no one else knows the person more than one knows oneself. They also believe that people are aware of the flaws of their personalities and how they can correct them. This belief is demonstrated by making use of the Q-sort test. In this test, the person who is being observed for personality development is given a dew cards that contain…
References
Lawrence, Sawyer (2009). "Biological vs. Humanistic Approach to Personality." University of Phoenix.
Vigil, Jeremy (2002). "Biological v. Humanistic." Psychology 250.
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