Elena and her colleague are debating different approaches in psychology. Elena argues, 'The humanistic approach is wonderful because it treats individuals as active agents with free will who can achieve their full potential.' Her colleague counters, 'But it's impossible to design a rigorous experiment to test those subjective concepts.'
With reference to this conversation, explain one strength and one limitation of the humanistic approach.
248 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Approaches in Psychology, covering Learning approaches, Cognitive approach, Biological approach, Psychodynamic approach (A-level only), Humanistic Psychology (A-level only), and Comparison of approaches (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.