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What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
A motivational theory comprising a five-tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid.
List the five levels of needs in Maslow’s hierarchy from bottom to top.
- Physiological needs
- Safety needs
- Love and belonging needs
- Esteem needs
- Self-actualization
What are self-fulfillment needs in Maslow’s hierarchy?
Self-actualization, which involves achieving one’s full potential, including creative activities.
What defines deficiency needs?
Needs that arise due to deprivation and motivate people when they are unmet.
What are growth needs in Maslow’s theory?
Needs that do not stem from a lack of something but from a desire to grow as a person.
True or False: Deficiency needs must be fully satisfied before growth needs can be addressed.
False. Satisfaction of needs is not an ‘all-or-none’ phenomenon.
What happens when a deficit need is ‘more or less’ satisfied?
It will go away, and activities become directed towards meeting the next set of needs.
What are the physiological needs according to Maslow?
- Air
- Food
- Drink
- Shelter
- Clothing
- Warmth
- Sex
- Sleep
What do safety needs include?
- Protection from elements
- Security
- Order
- Law
- Stability
- Freedom from fear
What motivates love and belongingness needs?
Feelings of belongingness and the need for interpersonal relationships such as friendship and intimacy.
How does Maslow classify esteem needs?
- Esteem for oneself (dignity, achievement, mastery, independence)
- Desire for reputation or respect from others (status, prestige)
What is self-actualization?
Realizing personal potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak experiences.
What are some characteristics of self-actualized people?
- Perceive reality efficiently
- Accept themselves and others
- Spontaneous in thought and action
- Problem-centered
- Highly creative
Fill in the blank: The need for ________ is most important for children and adolescents according to Maslow.
respect or reputation
What is the significance of peak experiences in self-actualization?
They refer to moments of intense joy, euphoria, and fulfillment.
What did Maslow propose about the order of needs in his hierarchy?
The order is not rigid and may vary based on external circumstances or individual differences.
What are cognitive needs according to Maslow’s expanded hierarchy?
Knowledge and understanding, curiosity, exploration, need for meaning and predictability.
What are aesthetic needs in Maslow’s expanded hierarchy?
Appreciation and search for beauty, balance, form.
What are transcendence needs?
Motivation by values that transcend beyond the personal self, such as service to others or mystical experiences.
What is Sullivan’s threefold classification of experience?
- Prototaxic
- Parataxic
- Syntaxic
Describe prototaxic experience.
Discrete series of momentary states of the sensitive organism, similar to the ‘stream of consciousness’.
What does parataxic experience involve?
Seeing causal relationships between events that occur simultaneously but are not logically related.
What is syntaxic experience?
Consensually validated symbol activity, especially of a verbal nature, that produces logical order among experiences.
What does Sullivan emphasize regarding foresight in cognitive functioning?
It depends upon one’s memory of the past and interpretation of the present.