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Maslow Flashcards

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Maslow was one of the first theorists to emphasize

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Self Actualization

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If Maslow is one of the fathers of the third force in psychology, then the first two forces are

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Psychoanalysis and Behaviorism

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Maslow criticized both psychoanalysis and behaviorism for their

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Limited view of humanity and their inadequate understanding of the psychologically healthy person

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As a college student, Maslow experienced with fortuitous event that changed his life?

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He kissed his first cousin Bertha Goodman

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As a child, Maslow

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Felt ugly, inferior, depressed

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Maslow’s feelings toward his mother were marked by

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Hatred and Animosity

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As a student at Wisconsin, Maslow worked closely with

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Harry Harlow

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The destruction wrought by World War 11 moved Maslow to devote his life to the study of the

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Best in Human beings

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Maslow adopted the _____ approach to motivation.

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Holistic

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Maslow assumed that

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Motivation is usually complex, people are continually motivated by one need or another, and people in different cultures are motivated the same basic needs or desires

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Which of the following is NOT an assumption underlying Maslow’s theory of motivation?

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People in different cultures have different basic needs

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In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs concept,

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Lower levels needs have prepotency over higher level needs

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The most basic needs in Maslow’s hierarchy are

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Physiological need

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Each ascending step in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs represents

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A higher need, but one less basic to survival

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According to Maslow, a woman whose physiological needs are inadequately satisfied will be motivated to

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Satisfy Physiological needs

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Maslow held that physiological needs differ from other needs in that they

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Can be completely satisfied, can be overly satisfied, have reaccuring nature

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Maslow classified the needs for law, order, and structure as ______ needs.

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Safety

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Maslow claimed that safety needs differ from physiological needs in that they

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Cannot be overly satiated

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According to Maslow, an individual’s inability to satisfy safety needs results in

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Basic Anxiety

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Maslow claimed that love and belongingness needs are strongest in people who have

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Partially experienced love and belongingness

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Maslow contended that people who have never received love

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May eventually devalue it

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According to Maslow, when people’s esteem needs are relatively well satisfied, they will

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None of the above

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Maslow included the needs for self-respect, confidence, competence, and the respect of others as

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Esteem needs

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Maslow claimed that when people who have satisfied their esteem needs are criticized or deprecated by others

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They retain some of their self worth

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Maslow found that self-actualization needs become potent when

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B-values are embraced

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The needs in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs are ______ needs.

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Conative

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According to Maslow, a person surrounded by beauty and order would ordinarily satisfy

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Aesthetic needs

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Maslow said that when cognitive needs are not satisfied, a person will become

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Pathological

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In Maslow’s theory of needs, people become neurotic

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Regardless of whether they satisfy their neurotic needs

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According to Maslow, neurotic needs

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Cannot be fully satisfied

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Martyrs who sacrifice physical needs and personal safety for their beliefs, and heroes who risk their lives to save others illustrate Maslow’s notion of

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Reversed order of needs

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Maslow hypothesized that

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The order of needs may be reversed in certain cases

33
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Maslow believed that most behavior

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Has several causes

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Maslow classified behavior that is always motivated and that serves the purpose of satisfying a need as _____ behavior.

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Actualizing

35
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Maslow believe that all behavior

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Has a cause

36
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According to Maslow, ______ behavior is usually unlearned, spontaneous, and determined by forces within the person rather than by the environment.

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Expressive

37
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For Maslow, coping behavior is usually

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All of the above

Learned
conscious
effortful

38
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Maslow believed that metapathology results from

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Deprivation of self-actualization needs

39
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According to maslow, instinctoid needs

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Only A & C are correct

result in pathology when frustrated
&
can be altered through learning.

40
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If deprivation of a need leads to pathology, then Maslow would say that this need is

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Instinctoid

41
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Instinctoid needs, Maslow said,

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Are often weaker than cultural forces

42
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Maslow believed that esteem and self-actualization needs

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All of the above are correct

43
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For Maslow, B-Values

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Are indicators of psychological health

44
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Metamotivation, according to Maslow,

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Differentiates, self-actualizers from non-self-actualizers

45
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According to Maslow, metamotivation is

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The motivation of self-actualizing people

46
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According to Maslow, the 14 B-values

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A and B

47
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According to Maslow, people who do not embrace the B-values suffer from

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Metapathology

48
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Maslow suggested that self-actualizers and some neurotic and psychotic individuals may have which of the following characteristics in common?

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All of the Above

49
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Which of the following was NOT used by Maslow as a criterion for self-actualization?

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Freedom form personal problems

50
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Maslow listed four criteria for reaching self-actualization, including

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Being motivated by the B-values

(free from psychopathology, progressed though the hierarchy of needs, fulfill their needs to grow develop and become more capable)

51
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According to Maslow, self-actualizing people are

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Relatively well satisfied in their basic needs

52
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Maslow believed that self-actualizers

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Are not burdened by undue anxiety or shame

53
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According to Maslow, self-actualizing people are characterized by

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Spontaneity, simplicity, naturalness

54
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In Maslow’s theory, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of self-actualizing people?

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People-Centered rather than Problem-Centered

55
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Maslow would say that the autonomy of self-actualizers is seen in their

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Indifference to criticism or flattery

56
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Maslow held that a self-actualizing person is likely to

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Feel comfortable when alone

57
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For Maslow, the peak experience

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May occur at unexpected, ordinary moments

58
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Maslow found that self-actualizing people

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Are more likely than other people to have peak experiences

59
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Self-actualizers’ identification with humanity and genuine interest in helping others reflects their

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Social Interest

60
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Maslow found that self-actualizers were characterized by

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Spontaneity, simplicity, naturalness

61
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Maslow believed that time and space disorientation, a decrease in self and ego-consciousness, and the transcendence of everyday polarities frequently occur during

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Peak experiences

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According to Maslow, the humor of self-actualizers is

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Intrinsic to the situation

63
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Maslow claimed that self-actualizers’ ability to detach from their surroundings and to transcend any particular society is characteristic of their

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Resistance to enculturation

64
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For Maslow, B-love is

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Unmotivated, expressive behavior

65
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In Maslow’s terminology, D-love is ______ love.

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Deficiency

66
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Several studies have found that when people were instructed to “fake good” or “make a favorable impression” when filing out the Personal Orientation Inventory they scored

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In the direction away from self-actualization

67
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Maslow’s Jonah complex is characterized by

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Fear of being one’s best

68
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According to Maslow, most people who seek therapy probably have the most trouble satisfying their _____ needs.

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Love and belongingness

69
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Maslow believed that the impulse toward growth and self-actualizers

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Is a natural characteristics of humans

70
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Maslow contended that scientists should _____ science.

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Be willing to resacralize science

71
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In general, studies using the POI and the Short Index of the POI have found that self-actualizing people usually

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Resist to reject socially desirable cultural standards

72
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Maslow’s methods of investigation and approach to studying self-actualizing people

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Are subject to severe criticism

73
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Maslow believed that self-actualizers are relatively unaware of superficial differences among people of different ages, genders, or social classes. This lack of awareness reflects their Term

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democratic character structure.

74
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Maslow claimed that safety needs are most likely to be strong motivators for

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children

75
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The term ______ refers to the rejection of traditional psychology that has resulted in a model of humanity as lacking the potential to move beyond pathology.

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positive psychology

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