Adaptive Reading - Ch. 9
Embracing of the B-values Embracing of the B-values drop zone empty. Full use and exploitation of talents, capacities, potentialities Full use and exploitation of talents, capacities, potentialities drop zone empty.
- Feeling comfortable with and even demanding truth, beauty, justice, simplicity, and humor - becoming Fulfilling one's needs to grow, to develop, and to increasingly become what one is capable of becoming
Abraham Maslow held that self-actualizing people are motivated by the "eternal verities" that he called ____ - ____.
B-values
Identify a similarity between higher level needs and lower level needs.
Both are instinctoid needs.
Identify a true statement about expressive behavior.
Frequently unconscious and usually takes place naturally
Identify a true statement about positive psychology.
It is critical of traditional psychology.
In the context of evaluation criteria, which of the following is true of Abraham Maslow's holistic-dynamic personality theory?
It provides guidance to the practitioner.
Identify a criticism of Abraham Maslow's holistic-dynamic personality theory.
It scores low on the criterion of falsifiability.
According to Abraham Maslow, ____ ____ the refers to the fear of being one's best.
Jonah complex
The ____ ____ is characterized by attempts to run away from one's destiny just as the biblical Jonah tried to escape from his fate.
Jonah complex
Which of the following measures of self-actualization was developed using multiple rounds of elimination, starting with 124 statements in the first round and ending with 27 in the final inventory?
The Measure of Actualization Potential (MAP)
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, unlike conative needs, _____ are not universal.
aesthetic needs
Physiological needs differ from other types of needs in that they _____.
can be completely satisfied
According to Abraham Maslow, _____ refer to the desire to know, to solve mysteries, to understand, and to be curious.
cognitive needs
When _____ are blocked, all needs on Abraham Maslow's hierarchy are threatened.
cognitive needs
The five needs composing the hierarchy of needs are _____, meaning that they have a striving or motivational character.
conative needs
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 could become active.
dependency on others
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, once love and belongingness needs are satisfied, people are free to pursue _____.
esteem needs
Abraham Maslow believed that _____ is often an end in itself and serves no other purpose than to be.
expressive behavior
According to Abraham Maslow, the first criterion that self-actualizing people possessed was that they were _____.
free from psychopathology
Unlike other types of needs, physiological needs _____.
have a recurring nature
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
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
Abraham Maslow's theory is known as the _____ theory.
holistic dynamic
The _____ theory assumes that the whole person is constantly being motivated by one need or another.
holistic-dynamic
Abraham Maslow believed that _____ refer to needs such as the desire for friendship; the wish for a mate and children; the need to belong to a family, a club, a neighborhood, or a nation.
love and belongingness needs
According to Abraham Maslow, _____ must be cared for in infants and children before other needs become operative.
lower level needs
According to Abraham Maslow, _____ lead only to stagnation and pathology.
neurotic needs
By definition, _____ are nonproductive and perpetuate an unhealthy style of life and have no value in the striving for self-actualization.
neurotic needs
Everett L. Shostrom developed the (POI) in an attempt to measure the values and behaviors of self-actualizing people.
personal orientation inventory
According to Abraham Maslow, the most basic needs of any person are ____ ____
physiological needs
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
According to Abraham Maslow, one of the levels of esteem needs is _____, defined as the perception of the prestige, recognition, or fame a person has achieved in the eyes of others.
reputation
Abraham Maslow believed that when people have partially satisfied their physiological needs, they become motivated by _____.
safety needs
Abraham Maslow believed that _____ include self-fulfillment, the realization of all one's potential, and a desire to become creative in the full sense of the word.
self-actualization needs
According to Abraham Maslow, _____ are not dependent on the satisfaction of either love or esteem needs; they 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
Abraham Maslow believed that _____ people have a greater tolerance of ambiguity, but they actively seek it and feel comfortable with problems and puzzles that have no definite right or wrong solution.
self-actualizing
According to Abraham Maslow, _____ is a person's own feelings of worth and confidence.
self-esteem
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
According to Abraham Maslow, the aim of therapy would be for clients to _____.
value truth, justice, goodness, and simplicity
