PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Abraham Maslow, Nomothetic, Reductionism
31 Jan 2020
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Focus on individual"s unique perception of the world greater than the sum of its parts: cant put small parts together to seek who an individual is, need to seem them as a whole. Idiographic rather than nomothetic (nomothetic - scientific, true of everyone), primarily interested in each individual as an individual, everyone is different, need to understand the individual person. "instinctoid" motivation: not dominating, uncontrollable - unlike animal instincts, can be controlled, repressed, overlain by learning, cultural, expectations, etc. Hierarchy of needs: physiological needs - food, water, survival. Safety needs - needs for structure, predictability, order. All of these needs are deficiency motives - things we must have for normal development to happen, failing to meet these needs results in incomplete development. Other needs falling outside of hierarchy - present from birth, remain roughly the same degree through life: cognitive needs - to know, understand, curiosity, exploration, aesthetic needs - beauty, loveliness, sensitivity to colour and shape,
