Individual

Introduction A person differing from others is understandable, but how and why a person differs is less clear and is therefore a subject of the study of individual differences (Revelle, 2000). Individual differences are the differences among individuals, in regards to a single characteristic or number of characteristics, which in their totality distinguish one individual…

Introduction It will look at how it emerged and who were the main practitioners in this approach. It will then compare with the other two main approaches Psychoanalysis and cognitive behaviour theory. Humanistic approach one of the three approaches in counselling psychology emerged after disillusion with the other two prominent approaches at the time psychodynamic…

Introduction Gestalt theory originated in Austria and Germany as a reaction against the associationist and structural school`s atomistic orientation (an approach which fragmented experience into distinct and unrelated elements). Gestalt studies made use instead of phenomenology. This method, with a tradition going back to Johann Wolgang von Goethe, involves nothing more than the description of…

Introduction Psychological tests are tools used to measure differences between individuals or between the same individual under different circumstances. A psychological test is an objective and standardized measure of a sample of behavior. Before a test is released, researchers have to check its reliability and validity. By the term reliability it is meant consistency of…