Developmental Psychology

Achieve Test Prep: Developmental Psychology

Extrinsic Motivation: an external reward is presented to an individual to complete an action. This external reward gives motivation. Ex. Continuing to work a boring job due to the external motivation of receiving a paycheck. Maslow’s significant contribution to humanistic psychology was his notion of the Hierarchy of Needs.

• Deficiency Needs: When a specific set of needs are missing, an immediate response is prompted. These needs include: physiological, safety, belonging, and self-esteem. • Basic Needs: Needs that must be met prior to moving on to the next stage of the hierarchy. • Psychological Needs: belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization o Self-Actualization: the need to nurture the self to achieve maximum potential

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