Which of the following statements represents academic field support for the humanistic perspective?

The humanistic perspective emphasizes people’s capacity for growth, choice, and positive development. This optimistic view helped inspire positive psychology, which studies strengths and well-being, so A is the academic field support. The other choices are not good support: humanistic ideas can be difficult to test and measure, and the perspective has less extensive research backing than some other approaches.

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