Questions about human nature , what are we like?

Question 1

Our Life Goals - Satisfaction vs Growth

Answer 1

Theorists differ on what constitutes our major motivation in life. Do we function like machines, like some sort of self-regulating mechanism, content as long as some internal equilibrium or balance is maintained? Do we act solely to satisfy physical needs, to obtain pleasure and avoid pain’? Is our happiness totally dependent on keeping stress to a minimum? Some theorists believe that people are little more than tension-reducing, pleasure seeking animals. Others consider us to be motivated primarily by the need to grow, to realize our full potential and to reach for ever higher levels of self-actualization, development and fulfillment.