Chapter 5- Needs & Motives Flashcards
Primary Need
Murray
Secondary Need
Murray
Motives
arranged around favored experiences and goals
Press
a Motive influenced by internal/external forces
Motive Strength
Temporary Fluctuation in need over time and situation
Dispositional Variation in need
Thematic Apperception Test
Test of story telling through ambiguous pictures
Need for Achievement
Desire to succeed, accomplish goals or over come obstacles
-tells positive story through TAT
Need for Power
Desire to influence others, acquire status, or feel more successful than others
-TAT shows intense engergy response
Need for Affiliation
Desire to interact with others to develop strong social connection
-TAT response shows concern about acceptance from otthers
Need for Intimacy
Desire to have warm, close or communicative exchange with another person
Incentive Value
An ability of an action to satisfy a need
Similar to self attribute motive
Conscious process while needs in behavior is more unconscious
Needs
desire of well being that causes behavior
Murray system of Needs
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Diagnosticity
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