psychology chapter 9

third critation of self- actualization

B values

holistic-dynamic theory

Maslow's theory of personality, which stresses both the unity of the organism and the motivational aspects of personality.

aesthetic needs (Maslow)

Needs for art, music, beauty, and the like. Although they may be related to the basic conative needs, aesthetic needs are a separate dimension.

cognitive needs (Maslow)

Needs for knowledge and understanding; related to basic or conative needs, yet operating on a different dimension.

conative needs

Needs that pertain to willful and purposive striving, for example Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

neurotic needs (Maslow)

Nonproductive needs that are opposed to the basic needs and that block psychological health whether or not they are satisfied.

third force

Somewhat vague term referring to those approaches to psychology that have reacted against the older psychodynamic and behavioristic theories. The third force is usually thought to include humanistic, existential, and phenomenological theories.

esteem needs

The fourth level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs; they include self-respect, competence, and the perceived esteem of others

self-actualization needs (Maslow)

The highest level of human motivation; they include the need to fully develop all of one's psychological capacities.

physiological needs

The most basic level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs; they include food, water, air, etc.

safety needs

The second level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs; they include physical security, protection, and freedom from danger.

love and belongingness needs

The third level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs; they include both the need to give love and the need to receive love.

physiological needs

according to maslow, the most basic needs of any person

self-actualization needs

believed it include self-fulfillment, the realization of all potential, and a desire to become creative in the full sense of the world

neurotic needs

bye definition,_____are nonproductive and perpetuate an in healthy style of life and have no value in the striving foe self a-cctualization

hierarchy of needs

concept assumes that lower level needs must be satisfied or at least relatively satisfied before higher level needs become motivated

personal orientation inventory(poi)

developed by Everett l shostrom has 2 major scaleas and 10 subscales

fulfilled of need to grow and development

full use and exploitation of talents, capacities, potentialities

esteem needs

include self respect, confidence, competence, and the knowledge that others hold them in high

b values

people felt comfortable with and even demanded truth, beauty, and justice

to attain self-actualization

people must satisfy lower level needs such as hunger, safety, love, and esteem. Only after they are relatively satisfied in each of these needs can they reach self-actualization.

holistic approach to motivation

the whole person, not any single part or function, is motivated.

aesthetic needs

unlike conative needs ______are not universal

cognitive needs

when ____are blocked, all needs on maslows hierarchy are threatened

safety needs

when people have partially satisfied their physiological needs they become motivated by