Humanistic psychologists start from the assumption that every person has their own unique way of perceiving and understanding the world and that the things they do only make sense in this light. Consequently, the kinds of questions they ask about people differ from those asked by psychologists from other approaches. Whereas other approaches take an objective view of people, in essence asking about them, ‘what is this person like?’ humanistic psychologists’ priority is understanding people’s subjectivity, asking ‘what is it like to be this person?’ As a result, they reject the objective scientific method as a way of studying people. Humanistic Psychologist
Research in Social Sciences
