Which Description Would Be Most Characteristic of a Self-Actualized Individual

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which description would be most characteristic of a self-actualized individual?

• A) An economically disadvantaged older black man who regularly checks out books from the local library to read to neighborhood children
• B) A wealthy white older woman who is constantly searching for a better laxative
• C) A middle-class white man who was forced into an early retirement and is living in fear of being evicted from his apartment
• D) The older wife of a famous celebrity who travels the world but starves herself and seeks plastic surgery in her quest to fight the physical signs of aging

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Definitions:

Psychological Assessment

Psychological Assessment is the process of using a combination of techniques to help arrive at some hypotheses about a person and their behavior, personality, and capabilities.

Prospective Study

A research design in which subjects are followed forward in time to observe outcomes or effects of certain variables.

Experimental Studies

Research methods that involve the manipulation of variables to determine cause-and-effect relationships between them.

Correlational Studies

Research methods that examine the relationship between two or more variables to determine if they are associated.