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| an approach to science that emphasizes procedure over content |
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| an approach to science that emphasizes subject matter over procedure |
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| what we know because we have experienced it for ourselves |
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| maslow's term for his theory, emphasizing its opposition to psychoanalysis and behaviorism |
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| maslow's alternative to the traditional scientific method, emphasizing values and subjectivity (instead of objectivity) |
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| ordered progression of motives, from basic physical needs upward to motives of the most developed human beings |
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| motivation at lower levels of development |
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| a fundamental deficiency need |
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| currently most powerful; said of a need that because it is unmet is most powerful at the moment |
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| higher-level motivation in which the need for self-actualization predominates |
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| motivated by needs at the top of the hiearchy |
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| nonpossessive love, characteristic of a self-actualized person |
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selfish love, characteristic of a person who is not self-actualized |
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| development of a person's full potential |
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| mystical states of consciousness, characteristic of many but not all self-actualized people |
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| a utopian society in which individual and societal needs are both met and where society supports individual development |
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| personal orientation inventory |
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| the most popular measure of self-actualization |
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| scale of the personal orientation inventory measuring a person's tendency to obtain support from himself or herself rather than from other people |
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| a scale of the personal orientation inventory that measures a person's concern with the present rather than the past or future |
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| weakly instinctive motives characteristic of humans |
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| not developing one's full potential because of a belief that it is impossible to do anything very important |
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| social trend to foster the full development of individuals, reflected in the development of growth centers and in transformation of social institutions |
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| places where people come together to develop their full potential (e.g., esalen) |
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| loss of a sense of the sacred or spiritual |
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| motivation to perform an activity for its inherent satisfaction (rather than as a means to some other goal) |
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| current movement in psychology that emphasizes healthy functioning, with concern for immediate experience and positive emotions such as happiness |
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