PSY4111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Clitoral Erection, Endorphins, Belongingness
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Sequence of needs physiological needs the most important. Self-actualisation motivation to develop to our fullest potential. Physiological safety love and belongingness esteem self-actualisation. Need recurrent concern for global state. Co-creator of thematic apperception test, affiliation, power. Thematic apperception test basically a test that asks participants to make stories up about images/faces, and based on these responses the underlying motives and feelings about the world are discovered. Need for achievement to accomplish something different, to master, manipulate and organise physical objects, human beings or ideas. To do this independently, rapidly, to attain a high standard by overcoming obstacles. David mccelland doing something better for its own sake, for the intrinsic satisfaction of doing something better. Achievement imagery thoughts about performing some task well, of sometimes being blocked, of trying various means of achieving, and of experiencing joy or sadness contingent upon the outcome of the effort. Need for power having an impact on others through strong, forceful actions.