CHAPTER 4

Question 1

What is a need

Answer 1

a need is a neccessity such as food, clothing or shelter

Question 2

What is a want

Answer 2

a want is something you would like to have but it is not essential

Question 3

What is the United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Answer 3

focuses on global human needs which include reducing hunger, increasing access to primary education and adressing childhood mortality.

Question 4

What is the hierarchy of needs

Answer 4

created by Maslow, states that idividuals climb on the path of life satisfaction

Question 5

List the stages of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Answer 5

lowest: physiological 
second lowest: safety needs
third lowest: Love and Belonging 
fourth lowest: Esteem 
highest: self actualization

Question 6

Physiological needs

Answer 6

a persons most basic needs, food, water, shelter and clothing

Question 7

Safety needs

Answer 7

physical security, moral and psychological security, family security and security from violence, delinquency and agression

Question 8

social needs

Answer 8

in relation to interaction with other people, need for friends

Question 9

Esteem needs

Answer 9

needs for being respected,

Question 10

Self-actualization

Answer 10

a driving life force that will ultimately lead to maximizing one’s abilities

Question 11

What is the consumer Resource Exchange Model

Answer 11

Made by Bristrow and Mowen based on the concept that consumers manage resources to meet their needs.

Question 12

What were the four assumptions of CREM

Answer 12

1. Consumers seek to manage resources that enable them to function more effectively in the world.
2. Individual differences will exist in the level of importance consumers attach to each of the four resources types.
3. Resources exist as a part of an interrelated/ interdependant system.
4. Time is a finite temporal space in which activities are performed

Question 13

What is the difference between lower level needs and higher level needs

Answer 13

lower level needs are cravings or strivings while higher level need are asspirations and goals

Question 14

List intermediste needs

Answer 14

Nutritional food and clean water 
protective housing 
a nonhazardous work environment 
appropriate healthcare 
economic security 
safe childbearing 
Security in chldhood.

Question 15

why do needs of family’s change

Answer 15

1. circumstances, personality, economic status, technology, culture, life span and gender differences