Human Motivation Flashcards
What is the model for human needs that is most commonly used in the medical field?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
This is a theory of psychology, proposed by Abraham Maslow in 1943 paper ‘A Theory of Human Motivation’
TRUE or FALSE:
In Abraham Maslow’s study of human motivation, he did not involve mentally and physically ill people.
TRUE
What are the levels of needs in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in ascending order?
1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Love / Sense of Belonging
4. Esteem
5. Self-Actualization
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which is the strongest level of needs?
Physiological Level of Needs
If a person was deprived of all needs, the physiological ones would come first in the person’s search for satisfaction and personal well being.
In the level of needs of love, affection and belongingness, Maslow stated that people seek to overcome feelings of __________ and __________.
1. Loneliness
2. Alienation
Maslow noted that there are two versions of esteem needs, a lower one and a higher one.
Give all the examples for the lower version, then for the higher version of esteem needs.
Lower Version of Esteem Needs
Need for the respect of others, need for the status, fame, glory, recognition, attention, reputation, appreciation, dignity, even dominance.
Higher Version of Esteem Needs
Need for self-respect, confidence, competence, achievement, mastery, independence and freedom.
What do the negative versions of the needs of esteem create?
Low Self-esteem
Inferiority Complexes
What are the four levels of needs that Maslow also refer to as deficit needs or D-needs?
1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Love / Sense of Belonging
4. Esteem
What does Maslow describe as: a person’s need to be and do that which the person was “born to do”?
Self-Actualization
TRUE or FALSE:
It is always clear what a person wants when there is a need for self-actualization.
FALSE
These needs make themselves felt in signs of restlessness. The person feels on edge, tense, lacking something, in short, restless.
What are the three terms that Maslow used to refer to the self-actualization level?
Growth Motivation
(In contrast to deficit motivation)
Being Needs or B-needs
(In contrast to deficit needs or D-needs)
Self-Actualization
Who is known as the “father of stress”?
Hans Selye
Hans Selye concluded that stress plays some role in the development of every disease and that failure to cope with _________, which can be any stimuli, can result in ___________________ such as ulcers and high blood pressure.
Stressors
Diseases of Adaptation
Stress–the generalized response–does not subside quickly and this arousal state exists for a long period and the body moves into a state of _________.
Dis-stress
Hans Selye claims that it is not stress that harms us but distress.
What is the internal adaptive response, to outside influences that create the internal state of arousal?
Stress
