HOLISTIC DYNAMIC THEORY

Abraham maslow

• This person has 195 IQ but his problem has something to do with “motivation”

• He married his cousin after first kiss with her (Bertha Goodman)

• He hate his mother; who btw smashed a kittens heads

• Hes mother is often threatening him with punishment from God

• He became a committed atheist (he relies more on science)

Holistic dynamic theory

This theory assumes that the whole person is constantly being motivated by one need or another

John b watson

Abraham maslow was greatly influenced by the work of (BLANK)

Prepotency

Basic needs must be satisfied or mostly satisfied before higher levels needs become activated

Physiological needs

Most basic needs, and most prepotent of all

• Food, water, oxygen, maintenance of body temperature, and so on

Safety needs

• Physical security, stability, dependency, protection and freedom from threatening forces such as war, terrorism, illness, fear, anxiety, danger, chaos, and natural disasters.

• The needs for law, order, and structure are also (BLANK)

• If they are not succesfull on having this, they developed BASIC ANXIETY

Love and belongingness needs

• Desire for friendship; the wish for a mate and children; the need to belong to a family, a club, a neighborhood, or a nation

Esteem needs

• The need for self respect, confidence, and the knowledge that others hold them in high esteem

Self actualization needs

Include self fulfillment, the realization of all one’s potential, and a desire to become creative in the full sense of world

Aesthetic needs

Are not universal, but at least some people in every culture seem to be motivated by the need for beauty and (blank) pleasing experiences

Cognitive needs

Most people have a desire to know, to solve, mysteries, to understand, and to be curious

Neurotic needs

• Lead only to stagnation and pathology

• Are non productive, they perpetuate an unhealthy lifestyle and have no value in the striving for self actualization

85, 70, 50, 40, 10

Percentage

• physiological

• Safety

• Love and belongingness

• Esteem needs

• Self actualization needs

Expressive behavior

Definition: Behavior that is an end in itself, not a means to an end.

Purpose: Done for the sake of expression, spontaneity, or personal fulfillment.

• UNMOTIVATED

Coping behavior

Definition: Behavior that is goal-oriented and instrumental.

Purpose: Performed to satisfy basic needs or solve problems.

• MOTIVATED

Pathology

Lack of satisfaction with any of the basic needs leads to some kind of (BLANk)

Metapathology

(BLANK) as the absence of b values, the lack of fulfillment, and the loss of meaning in life

Ruth Benedict, and Max Wertheimer

Maslow puzzled by (BLANK) and (BLANK) - saw them as representing the highest level of human development

• Called this self actualization

Good Human Being

Maslow took notes on Benedict and Wertheimer, searched for others whom he can call (BLANK)

B- values (Metaneeds)

The ultimate level of needs

• Examples are; truth, goodness, beauty, wholeness, aliveness, uniqueness, perfection, completion, justice and order, simplicity, richness or totality, effortlessness, playfulness, self-sufficiency or autonomy

Metapathology

Absence of B values leads to existential illness called (BLANK)

• Lack of meaningful philosophy of life

B love

Self actualizing person are capable of (BLANK) , that is, love for the essence or being of the other

Jonah complex

Fear of realizing one’s full potential or being “too great”