Free Will Vs. Humanistic Perspective

What is free will vs. determination? For start, free will is when an individual chooses to make their own decisions and does it freely. One example I relate to free will is when you get into college you finally have the right to do whatever you want, which means “free will” to me. Determination is the will to have motivation towards a goal. An example of determination would be if I were extremely motivated to succeed in a race and I practiced hard everyday, ate healthy, and got plenty of sleep, I would be determined to be first in the race. In this essay I am going to compare and contrast both free will and determination vs the humanistic perspective. What is the humanistic perspective all about? The humanistic perspective is all about humans having free will. This type of perspective refers to how we make certain choices in our life and how we either have to suffer the consequences of our choices or we are happy and proud of them. This is a study where the human is looked at as a whole, from inside and out, and the comparison of how each one of us is different and unique. An assumption …show more content…
This perspective is lead by the control of your environment. Studies show that when a person is in a certain location, they naturally act a different way than what they would if they were placed in another location. These subjects are similar because both focus on the individual themselves. They both are rejected upon who created the theories because each reflect on the psychologist who created them. A difference between these perspectives is they both have a certain way of looking at the human by itself and using their own theories against what they both believe in. A quote said by Stafford J. (2016) “Humanism and behaviorism both provide solid aspects in the study of human behavior. These two theories each offer opposing assumptions like free-will versus no