Concept Introduction: Psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed a hierarchy of needs for all the priorities of human beings. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a five-rank model of all needs and priorities.
Answer to Problem 1MM
Correct answer: “ Maslow based his ideas on the hierarchy of needs based on his study of healthy, creative people.” Therefore, option d. is correct
Explanation of Solution
Reasons for correct statement:
Maslow proposed one of his humanistic theories, the hierarchy of needs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs shows that individuals give priority to survival needs first, social needs as second and needs for esteem and purpose of life as third. He proposed by studying healthy, creative people instead of troubled clinical cases. He studied famous personalities like Abraham Lincoln.
Option d. is given as “his study of healthy, creative people”
As, Maslow based his ideas on the hierarchy of needs based on his study of healthy, creative people, option d. is correct.
Reasons for the incorrect statements:
Option a. is given as “Freudian theory”.
Maslow did not propose his theory based on Freud. So, option a. in incorrect.
Option b. is given as “his experience with patients”.
Maslow did not study his clinical cases to propose this theory. So, option b. is incorrect.
Option c. is given as “a series of laboratory experiments”.
Maslow studied healthy, creative people in their normal environment. So, option c. is incorrect.
Hence, options a., b., and c. are incorrect.
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