"which criticism, which has been leveled against the psychodynamic theories, has also been targeted at humanistic theories of personality development? "

Sigmund Freud was the pioneer behind the Psychodynamic Approach. Some of this theory's basic assumptions are:

The Humanistic approach criticizes the psychodynamic approach because it considers that it is too deterministic. Its basic assumptions are:

The main criticism that both approaches receive is that they offer an unscientific analysis of human behavior. Many of the proposed theories are subjective and difficult to prove scientifically.

experiments.

surveys.

questionnaires.

interviews.

case studies.

participant and non-participant observation.

observational trials.

studies using the delphi method.