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Explain the basic aspects of humanistic theory that are incompatible with biological explanations of personality.

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Correlate aspects of humanistic theory with biological ones

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The basic ideas behind humanistic psychology are simple. Humanists believe that the present is the most important aspect of a person, and the here and now rather than looking at the past or trying to predict the future. Humanistic theory is reality based and to be psychologically healthy people must take responsibility for themselves, whether the person's actions are positive or negative. The individual, just by being human, has inherent worth. Negative actions do not negate the value of the person. In contrast, Biological Explanations of personality theory believe ...

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