Abraham Maslow Flashcards
Humanistic Approach
Emphasis on:
Human strength and aspirations
Conscious free will
Fulfillment of our potential
True of False
According to Maslow, when psychologists study only abnormal, emotionally disturbed examples of humanity, they ignore positive human qualities such as happiness, contentment, and peace of mind
True
True of False
Maslow’s personality theory does not derive from research on creative, independent, self sufficient, fulfilled adults but from case histories of clinical patients
False
does not derive from case histories of clinical patients
True or False
He concluded that each person is not born with the same instinctive needs that enable us to grow, develop, and fulfill our potentials
False
Each persom is born with the same instinctive needs
Each person is born with the same instinctive need that enable us to ____
Grow, develop, abd fulfill our potentials
What is the arrangement of innate needs
Strongest to weakest from the bottom
It activate and direct human behavior
Hierarchy of five innate needs
What are the five hierarchy of needs
Physiological
Safety
Belongingness and love
Esteem
Self actualization
Maslow described these needs as __
Instinctoid
True or false
The behaviors we use to satisfy them are learned, and therefore, subject to variation from one person to another
True
True or false
Higher needs must be at least partially satisfied before lower needs become influential
False
Lower needs must be partially satisfied before higher needs become influential
True or False
We are driven by all the needs at the same time
False
We are not driven by all the needs at the same time
True or false
Only two needs will dominate our personality at any one point in time
False
Only one
True or false
The order of the needs cannot be changed
False
Can be changed
True or false
The higher the need is in the hierarchy, the greater is its strength, potency, and priority
False
The lower the need
True or false
Lower needs appear later in life
False
Higher needs
Physiological and safety needs arise in ___
Infancy
True or false
Belongingness and esteem needs does not arise until midlife
False
Arise in adolescence