Because Physiological Needs Must Be Met If We Are to Survive

question 312

Multiple Choice

Because physiological needs must be met if we are to survive, they tend to be

• A)automatically achieved whereas the higher needs are not.
• B)considered stimulus needs rather than secondary needs.
• C)prepotent over the higher needs.
• D)intrinsic rather than extrinsic.

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