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1
As a young man, Maslow experienced a fortuitous event that changed his life. This event happened when he
A)met Alfred Adler.
B)first kissed his cousin Bertha Goodman.
C)made the Dean's honor roll at Cornell.
D)converted from Judaism to Protestantism.
2
Maslow regarded his mother as
A)a very religious person.
B)a kind and genteel person.
C)a mystic who could forecast future events.
D)a self-actualizing person.
E)none of these.
3
During childhood and adolescence, Maslow was
A)shy and socially backward.
B)pampered by his mother.
C)overly combative with his older brothers
D)more interested in sports than in books.
4
In his theory of motivation, Maslow assumed that
A)people in different cultures have different basic needs.
B)motivation is nearly always conscious.
C)people are motivated by one need at a time.
D)people are continually motivated by one need or another.
E)all of these are correct.
5
Maslow's concept of a hierarchy of needs assumes that
A)higher needs have prepotency over lower needs.
B)lower needs have prepotency over higher needs.
C)love needs are more basic than physiological needs.
D)cognitive needs must be satisfied before aesthetic needs become motivators.
E)aesthetic needs are prepotent over cognitive needs.
6
When safety needs are not satisfied, a person will be motivated by these needs.
A)physiological
B)safety
C)love and belongingness
D)neurotic
E)cognitive
7
During his early professional career, Maslow was influenced mostly by
A)Erik Erikson.
B)Harry Harlow.
C)Sigmund Freud.
D)Carl Jung.
E)Carl Rogers.
8
Safety needs are usually strongest for
A)children.
B)men.
C)women.
D)hungry people.
E)mountain climbers.
9
Maslow said that basic anxiety is experienced when people
A)fail to satisfy physiological needs.
B)feel alienated from other people.
C)fail to satisfy safety needs.
D)develops a fear of being and doing their best.
E)are motivated by metaneeds.
10
A person who has never received love is likely to
A)devalue it.
B)be strongly motivated to attain it.
C)experience basic anxiety.
D)be motivated by esteem needs.







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