Chapter 9 - Abraham Maslow

self-actualization,

The _____ theory assumes that the whole person is constantly being motivated by one need or another.

Holistic-dynamic theory

In his basic assumptions regarding motivation, Abraham Maslow first adopted a(n) _____ approach, which meant that the whole person, not any single part or function, is motivated.

Holistic approach

Abraham Maslow's ____ ____ ____ concept assumes that lower level needs must be satisfied or at least relatively satisfied before higher level needs become motivators.

Hierarchy of needs

According to Abraham Maslow, the most basic needs of any person are ____ ____.

Physiological needs

Physiological needs differ from other types of needs in that they _____.

Can be completely satisfied

Abraham Maslow's theory is known as the _____ theory.

Holistic dynamic theory

Abraham Maslow believed that when people have partially satisfied their physiological needs, they become motivated by _____.

Safety needs

In his basic assumptions regarding motivation, Abraham Maslow believed that motivation is _____, meaning that a person's behavior may spring from several separate motives.

Usually complex

Abraham Maslow believed that _____ refer to needs such as the desire for friendship, the wish for a mate and children, and the need to belong to a family, club, neighborhood, or nation.

Love and belongingness needs

The five needs composing the hierarchy of needs are _____, meaning that they have a striving or motivational character.

Conative needs

According to Abraham Maslow, ____ ____ include self-respect, confidence, competence, and the knowledge that others hold them in high esteem.

Esteem needs

According to Abraham Maslow, one of the levels of esteem needs is _____, defined as the perception of prestige, recognition, or fame achieved in the eyes of others.

Reputation

Unlike other types of needs, physiological needs _____.

Have a recurring nature

According to Abraham Maslow, _____ are not dependent on the satisfaction of either love or esteem needs and become independent from the lower level needs that gave them birth.

Self-actualizers

According to Abraham Maslow, ____ ____ refer to at least some people in every culture being motivated by the need for beauty and aesthetically pleasing experiences.

Aesthetic needs

According to Abraham Maslow, _____ refer to the desire to know, to solve mysteries, to understand, and to be curious.

Cognitive needs

According to Abraham Maslow, once love and belongingness needs are satisfied, people are free to pursue _____.

Esteem needs

By definition, _____ are nonproductive, perpetuate an unhealthy lifestyle, and have no value in the striving for self-actualization.

Neurotic needs

According to Abraham Maslow, _____ is a person's own feelings of worth and confidence.

Self-esteem

Abraham Maslow believed that _____ is often an end in itself and serves no other purpose than to be.

Expressive behavior

Abraham Maslow believed that _____ include self-fulfillment, realization of all potential, and a desire to become creative in the full sense of the word.

Self-actualization needs

According to Abraham Maslow, unlike conative needs, _____ are not universal.

Aesthetic needs

According to Abraham Maslow, _____ must be cared for in infants and children before other needs become operative.

Lower level needs

When _____ are blocked, all needs on Abraham Maslow's hierarchy are threatened.

Cognitive needs

Embracing of the B-values means feeling comfortable with and even demanding truth, beauty, justice, simplicity, and humor.

Becoming or fulfilling one's need to grow and develop toward potential

According to Abraham Maslow, _____ lead only to stagnation and pathology.

Neurotic needs

Abraham Maslow held that self-actualizing people are motivated by the "eternal verities" that he called ____ - ____.

B-values

Identify a true statement about expressive behavior.

It is frequently unconscious and usually occurs naturally

According to Abraham Maslow, _____ are not dependent on the satisfaction of either love or esteem needs and become independent from the lower level needs that gave them birth.

Self-actualizers

According to Abraham Maslow, _____ people can easily detect phoniness in others.

Self-actualizers

Identify a similarity between higher level needs and lower level needs.

Both are instinctoid needs

According to Abraham Maslow, the first criterion that self-actualizing people possessed was that they were _____.

Free from psychopathology

Everett L. Shostrom developed the POI in an attempt to measure the values and behaviors of self-actualizing people.

Personal Orientation Inventory

Abraham Maslow believed that _____ people have a greater tolerance of ambiguity and feel comfortable with problems and puzzles that have no definite solution.

Self-actualizing people

The ____ ____ is characterized by attempts to run away from one's destiny just as the biblical Jonah tried to escape his fate.

Jonah complex

According to Abraham Maslow, _____ must be cared for in infants and children before other needs become operative.

Lower level needs

According to Abraham Maslow, the aim of therapy would be for clients to _____.

Value truth, justice, goodness, and simplicity

A relatively new field of psychology that combines an emphasis on hope, optimism, and well-being with scientific research and assessment is referred to as _____.

Positive psychology

Which measure of self-actualization was developed using multiple rounds of elimination, starting with 124 statements and ending with 27 in the final inventory?

The Measure of Actualization Potential (MAP)

In the context of evaluation criteria, which statement is true of Abraham Maslow's holistic-dynamic personality theory?

It provides guidance to the practitioner

According to Abraham Maslow, the ____ ____ refers to the fear of being one's best.

Jonah complex

In order to accomplish the aim of therapy, Abraham Maslow believed that clients must be free from their _____ so that their natural impulse toward growth and self-actualization can become active.

Dependency on others

Identify a true statement about positive psychology.

It is critical of traditional psychology

Identify a criticism of Abraham Maslow's holistic-dynamic personality theory.

It scores low on the criterion of falsifiability

Notes from Exam Review

As a college student… 

Went to the hospital, almost…

As a college student, he fell in love with his cousin.

Went to the hospital and almost died, changing his perspective.

Maslow classified behavior that is always motivated as ____ behavior/mechanisms.

coping