Abraham Maslow Flashcards

1
Q

Humanistic Approach
Emphasis on:

A

Human strength and aspirations
Conscious free will
Fulfillment of our potential

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2
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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

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True

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3
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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

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False
does not derive from case histories of clinical patients

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4
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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

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False
Each persom is born with the same instinctive needs

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5
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Each person is born with the same instinctive need that enable us to ____

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Grow, develop, abd fulfill our potentials

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6
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What is the arrangement of innate needs

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Strongest to weakest from the bottom

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7
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It activate and direct human behavior

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Hierarchy of five innate needs

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8
Q

What are the five hierarchy of needs

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Physiological
Safety
Belongingness and love
Esteem
Self actualization

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9
Q

Maslow described these needs as __

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Instinctoid

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10
Q

True or false
The behaviors we use to satisfy them are learned, and therefore, subject to variation from one person to another

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True

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11
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True or false
Higher needs must be at least partially satisfied before lower needs become influential

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False
Lower needs must be partially satisfied before higher needs become influential

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12
Q

True or False
We are driven by all the needs at the same time

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False
We are not driven by all the needs at the same time

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13
Q

True or false
Only two needs will dominate our personality at any one point in time

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False
Only one

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14
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True or false
The order of the needs cannot be changed

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False
Can be changed

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15
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True or false
The higher the need is in the hierarchy, the greater is its strength, potency, and priority

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False
The lower the need

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16
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True or false
Lower needs appear later in life

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False
Higher needs

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17
Q

Physiological and safety needs arise in ___

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Infancy

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18
Q

True or false
Belongingness and esteem needs does not arise until midlife

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False
Arise in adolescence

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19
Q

True or false
Self actualization does not arise until midlife

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True

20
Q

True or false
Higher needs are less necessary for actual survival, their gratification can be postponed

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True

21
Q

True of false
Failure to satisfy a higher need produce a crisis

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False
Does not produce a crisis

22
Q

True or false
Failure to satisfy a lower need does not produced a crisis

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False
Produce a crisis

23
Q

Maslow called lower needs ___; failure to satisfy them produces a deficit or lack in the individual

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Deficit or deficiency needs

24
Q

Maslw called higher needs ___

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Growth or being needs

25
Q

True or false
A need have to be satisfied fully before the next need in the hierarchy become important

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False
Does not have to be satisfied fully

26
Q

It have a greater personal impact as motivating forces in cultures where basic survival remains as everyday concern.

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Physiological needs

27
Q

Maslow believed that the needs for __ are important drives for infants and neurotic adults

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Safety and security

28
Q

These needs can be expressed through a close relationship with a friend, lover, or mate, or tgrough the various forms of social media that allow us to keep in touch with others at a moment’s notice anywhere and anytime

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Belongingness and love

29
Q

True or false
Maslow suggestee that the failure to satisfy the need for love is a fundamental cause of emotional maladjustment

A

True

30
Q

Satisfaction of the need for ___ allows us to feel confident of our strength, worth, and adequacy, which will help us become more competent and productive in all aspects of our life

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Self-esteem

31
Q

Desire to become the most that one can be

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Self-actualization

32
Q

True or false
If the person is not self-actualizing, he or she will be restless, frustated and discontent

A

True

33
Q

True or false
Maslow believed that everyone is capable of maximizing personal abilities and reaching the fullest personality development

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True

34
Q

To know and to understand; finding in our environment

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Cognitive needs

35
Q

True or false
The need to know is stronger than the need to understand, and must tgerefore be at least partially satisfied before the need to understand can emerge

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True

36
Q

Involves maximizing personal potential rather than striving for a particular goal object

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Metamotivation/B-motivation/Being

37
Q

Involves striving for something specific make up for something that is lacking within us

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D-motivation or deficiency

38
Q

fulfilling their potential and with knowing and understanding their
environment

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Self actualizing persons

39
Q

States of growth or being toward which self actualizers evolve

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Metaneeds

40
Q

A thwarting of self development related to failure to satisfy the metaneeds

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Metapathology

41
Q

Our doubts about our own abilities

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Jonah complex

42
Q

A self report questionnaire consisting of 150 pairs of statements to measure self actualization

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Personal Orientation Inventory (POI)

43
Q

They feel free to resist social and cultural pressures to think or behave in a certain way

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Resistance to enculturation

44
Q

They are flexible, spontaneous, and willing to make mistakes and learn from them

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Creativeness

45
Q

Indicate the sympathy and empathy self actualizing persons have for all humanity

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Social interest